Architect and engineer . tisand the arrival of the Maya remnant in Yucatan. by ROBERT B. STACY-JUDD, A. I. A. lief carvings termed curly-cues by thematerialists, will prove to be esoteric sym-bols of priceless value. It is further highlyprobable that a careful analysis of the gen-eral architectural features will disclose in-formation of extreme importance. Althoughevery movable object in the known Mayaarea has long centuries ago disappeared, theday may be early anticipated when quanti-ties of books and manuscripts will be dis-covered. It is merelya matter of time be-fore the writingglyphs will
Architect and engineer . tisand the arrival of the Maya remnant in Yucatan. by ROBERT B. STACY-JUDD, A. I. A. lief carvings termed curly-cues by thematerialists, will prove to be esoteric sym-bols of priceless value. It is further highlyprobable that a careful analysis of the gen-eral architectural features will disclose in-formation of extreme importance. Althoughevery movable object in the known Mayaarea has long centuries ago disappeared, theday may be early anticipated when quanti-ties of books and manuscripts will be dis-covered. It is merelya matter of time be-fore the writingglyphs will be deci-phered. When thesetwo disclosures aremade my predictionas to the subjectbeing the wor 1 dsgreatest story will, Ifjelieve, be amplyverified. The Crime ofCrimes There are but threebooks, written in theMaya glyphs,known to be in ex-istence. I regret tosay none is inAmerica. After the so-call-ed Spanish Con-quest of Yucatan in1542 Arch-bishop Landa, sec-ond bishop of Yuca-tan, ordered allMaya books and ^ 29 ?. DETAIL of the south wall ofthe north wing. Casa de lasMonjas, Uxmal, Yucatan. Oner>f the most amazing structuresin the whole world. Throughthe opening seen to the rightMr. Stacy-Judd discovered acomplete wall facing half waythrough the extremely thickwall. Tlie discovery led him toadd at least one thousand yearsto tile age previously ascribedby archeologists to this struc- manuscripts collected and taken to thePublic Square at Mani where they wereburned. This excess of fanatical zeal helater regretted. But his subsequent attemptto gather even a semblance of early Mayahistory from the few remaining Mayapriests was a failure. However, sixteen Maya priests, in se-cret, wrote from memory the story of theirpeople. These books are known as theChilan-Balarn. In general the chroniclesagree although they differ widely in detailand thereby are of limited value. Landasact was not only an irretrievable loss. Itwas a world crime. Having chosen the Maya art as conceiv-ably
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