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First page of Francisco Ximenez's manuscript of the Popol Vuh, the oldest surviving copy of the K'iche' Maya book of creation. It is the closest manuscript relative of the Kaqchikel Annals, written in the neighboring highland Maya language.
Main title page of Daniel G. Brinton's 1885 edition and translation of the Annals of the Cakchiquels - the exact edition used for the site's reader text.
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