Opangidwa pamapepala achikondi kapena zikopa za nyama monga nswala, a Mayan adapanga ma codices osiyana momwe amalemba mbiri yawo, milungu ndi chilengedwe.
Chilam Balam, Jaguar-Fortune Teller, wobadwira m'tawuni ya Chumayel, yemwe anali ataphunzira bwino kwambiri kulemba kwa olanda Spain, adaganiza tsiku lina kuti asinthe kupita ku zolembedwazo zomwe adawona kuti ndizoyenera kutetezedwa kuchokera ku cholowa cha makolo ake chomwe chidalembedwa.
Chifukwa chake timawerenga m'buku lake lotchedwa Chilam Balam kuchokera kwa Chumayel: "Uku ndiye kukumbukira zinthu zomwe zidachitika ndi zomwe adachita. Chilichonse chatha. Amayankhula m'mawu awoawo motero mwina sizinthu zonse zomwe zimamveka tanthauzo lake; koma, moyenera, monga zonse zidachitika, kotero kudalembedwa. Chilichonse chidzafotokozedwanso bwino. Ndipo mwina sizikhala zoyipa. Zonse zolembedwa sizoyipa. Palibe zambiri zolembedwa chifukwa chakupereka kwawo ndi mgwirizano wawo. Chifukwa chake anthu a Amulungu a Itzáes, motero a Itzamal akulu, a Aké akulu, a Uxmal akulu, motero a Ichcaansihó wamkulu. Chifukwa chake otchedwa Couohs nawonso ... Zowonadi anali 'Amuna Owona' ake. Osati kuti agulitse zachinyengo ankakonda kulumikizana wina ndi mnzake; koma sizinthu zonse zamkati mwa izi zikuwonekera, kapena kuchuluka komwe kuyenera kufotokozedwa. Iwo omwe akudziwa amachokera ku mzere waukulu wa ife, amuna aku Mayan. Awo adzadziwa tanthauzo la zomwe zili pano akawerenga. Kenako adzawona kenako adzafotokoza kenako zizindikilo zakuda za Katún zidzawonekera. Chifukwa iwo ndi ansembe. Ansembe atha, koma dzina lawo, lakale ngati iwo, silinathe ”.
Ndipo amuna ena ambiri otsogola, m'matawuni osiyanasiyana kudera lonse la Mayan, adachitanso chimodzimodzi ndi Chilam Balam, kutipatsa mbiri yakale yotilola kuti tidziwe makolo athu akulu aja.
Kodi mungakumbukire bwanji zopatulika zoyambira? Kodi kukumbukira kwamakolo otukuka kungapulumuke bwanji kuti zochita zawo zipitilize kukhala chitsanzo komanso njira yopitira kwa mbadwa? Momwe mungasiyire umboni wa zokumana nazo ndi zomera ndi nyama, zowonera nyenyezi, za zochitika zodabwitsa zakumwamba, monga kadamsana ndi nyenyezi?
Izi, mothandizidwa ndi nzeru zawo zapadera, zidatsogolera Amaya, zaka mazana ambiri Aspanish asanafike, kuti apange njira zolembera zapamwamba kwambiri ku kontrakitala yaku America, komwe ngakhale malingaliro osamveka angafotokozedwe. Zinali zolemba za foni komanso malingaliro nthawi imodzimodzi, kutanthauza kuti chizindikiro chilichonse kapena glyph imatha kuyimira chinthu kapena lingaliro, kapena kuwonetsa foni, ndi mawu ake, syllable m'mawuwo. Pulogalamu ya glyphs ndi tanthauzo la syllabic adagwiritsidwa ntchito m'malo osiyanasiyana kufotokoza malingaliro osiyanasiyana. Glyph wamkulu, wokhala ndi zoyambirira ndi zomasulira, adapanga mawu; Izi zidaphatikizidwa ndi gawo lalikulu (mutu-mawu-chinthu). Lero tikudziwa kuti zomwe zidalembedwa ndi Mayan ndizolemba, zakuthambo, zachipembedzo komanso mbiri yakale, koma kulembedwaku kukupitilizabe kumvetsetsa m'maiko osiyanasiyana padziko lapansi, kufunafuna kiyi kuti athe kuwerenga bwino.
M'mizinda ya Mayan, makamaka yomwe ili m'chigawo chapakati munthawi ya Classic, timapeza zotsutsana za Buku la Chilam Balam de Chumayel: mabuku odabwitsa a mbiri yakale olembedwa mu mwala, kutengera stucco, zojambula pa makoma; mabuku a mbiri yakale omwe samafotokoza zochitika zonse zam'mudzi, koma zochitika za mibadwo yolamulira. Kubadwa, kupeza mphamvu, maukwati, nkhondo komanso kufa kwa mafumu zidaperekedwa kwa mbadwa, zomwe zimatipangitsa kuzindikira kufunika kwa zomwe anthu amachita pamibadwo yamtsogolo, zomwe zikuwululira kupezeka kwa kuzindikira kwakukulu pakati pa Amaya. Zoyimira anthu, limodzi ndi zolemba pazochitika za mibadwo yolamulira, zidawonetsedwa m'malo opezeka anthu ambiri m'mizinda, monga mabwalo, kuwonetsa anthu ammudzi chitsanzo chabwino cha ambuye akulu.
Kuphatikiza apo, ogonjetsa aku Spain adatinso m'malemba osiyanasiyana kukhalapo kwa ambiri ma codex akale, Mabuku ojambulidwa pamapepala ataliatali omwe amapindidwa ngati mawonekedwe a chinsalu, omwe adawonongedwa ndi ma friars pakufuna kwawo kuwononga zomwe amatcha "kupembedza mafano", ndiye kuti, chipembedzo cha magulu aku Mayan. Ma codex atatu okha ndi omwe adasungidwa, omwe adabweretsedwa ku Europe munthawi ya atsamunda ndipo adatchulidwa ndi mizinda yomwe ikupezeka lero: a Dresden, Paris ndi Madrid.
