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Linguist Yuri Knorozov is best-known for his role in deciphering the Maya script, but did you know he co-authored his work with his cat, Asya? Editors removed her at their peril (he'd make them credit the cat and pitch a fit if they did not), but Yuri got the last laugh as Asya features on a monument erected to him in Mérida, Yucatán.
Yuri Knorozov was a Soviet and Russian linguist, epigrapher and ethnographer who made huge contributions to deciphering the Maya script. He is also famous for his photos with his cat and co-author Asya.
I am once again feeling despondent over the Maya codices.
i forgot to blog about this
a few weeks ago, i watched a Nova documentary about mayan hieroglyphics (maya script!). i'm going to tell you the truth: it was awesome. BASICALLY the gist of it is, maya script is logographic (visual symbolz) + syllabic (a la meme temp hehe) which means that different artwork facing the same directional orientation would be spoken the same way. (at least this is what i gathered. kind of relates to typefaces?
