Books of Chilam Balam
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The Books of Chilam Balam are a series of colonial-era Maya manuscripts that blend pre-Hispanic lore, prophecy, history, and Christian influences, preserving crucial knowledge of Yucatec Maya culture and worldview.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Books of Chilam Balam canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4619362 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Books of Chilam Balam Context triple: [Postclassic period of Mesoamerica, notableDocument, Books of Chilam Balam]
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A.
Maya codices
The Maya codices are a small surviving collection of pre-Columbian bark-paper books that record the ancient Maya’s astronomical, calendrical, and ritual knowledge.
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B.
Codex Azcatitlan
Codex Azcatitlan is a 16th-century pictorial Mesoamerican manuscript that chronicles Mexica (Aztec) history from their migration into central Mexico through the early colonial period.
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C.
Pray Codex
The Pray Codex is a late 12th-century Hungarian manuscript notable for containing some of the earliest known continuous texts in the Hungarian language and one of the oldest surviving depictions of the burial of Christ.
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D.
Florentine Codex
The Florentine Codex is a 16th-century encyclopedic manuscript compiled by Bernardino de Sahagún that documents Aztec culture, language, religion, and history in both Nahuatl and Spanish.
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E.
Our Lord of Esquipulas
Our Lord of Esquipulas is a revered image of the crucified Christ associated with miraculous healings and a major pilgrimage tradition originating in Esquipulas, Guatemala.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Books of Chilam Balam Target entity description: The Books of Chilam Balam are a series of colonial-era Maya manuscripts that blend pre-Hispanic lore, prophecy, history, and Christian influences, preserving crucial knowledge of Yucatec Maya culture and worldview.
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A.
Maya codices
The Maya codices are a small surviving collection of pre-Columbian bark-paper books that record the ancient Maya’s astronomical, calendrical, and ritual knowledge.
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B.
Codex Azcatitlan
Codex Azcatitlan is a 16th-century pictorial Mesoamerican manuscript that chronicles Mexica (Aztec) history from their migration into central Mexico through the early colonial period.
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C.
Pray Codex
The Pray Codex is a late 12th-century Hungarian manuscript notable for containing some of the earliest known continuous texts in the Hungarian language and one of the oldest surviving depictions of the burial of Christ.
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D.
Florentine Codex
The Florentine Codex is a 16th-century encyclopedic manuscript compiled by Bernardino de Sahagún that documents Aztec culture, language, religion, and history in both Nahuatl and Spanish.
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E.
Our Lord of Esquipulas
Our Lord of Esquipulas is a revered image of the crucified Christ associated with miraculous healings and a major pilgrimage tradition originating in Esquipulas, Guatemala.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (65)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesoamerican historical source
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Yucatec Maya literary corpus ⓘ colonial-era Maya manuscripts ⓘ |
| authorship | anonymous Maya scribes ⓘ |
| contains |
Christian religious material
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Maya calendar computations ⓘ Maya prophecies ⓘ astrological prognostications ⓘ herbal remedies ⓘ local and regional histories ⓘ medical recipes ⓘ myths of creation and destruction ⓘ pre-Hispanic Maya lore ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
Chilam Balam of Chumayel (notable manuscript)
NERFINISHED
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Chilam Balam of Mani (notable manuscript) NERFINISHED ⓘ Chilam Balam of Tizimín (notable manuscript) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext |
Spanish colonial Yucatán
NERFINISHED
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Yucatec Maya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
astrological and calendrical text
ⓘ
historical text ⓘ medical and herbal treatise ⓘ mythological narrative ⓘ prophetic text ⓘ religious syncretic text ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Yucatec Maya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Chilam Balam of Chacxulubchen
NERFINISHED
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Chilam Balam of Chan Cah NERFINISHED ⓘ Chilam Balam of Chan Cah (fragment) NERFINISHED ⓘ Chilam Balam of Chan Kom NERFINISHED ⓘ Chilam Balam of Chumayel NERFINISHED ⓘ Chilam Balam of Hocabá NERFINISHED ⓘ Chilam Balam of Hocabá-Homún NERFINISHED ⓘ Chilam Balam of Hunucmá NERFINISHED ⓘ Chilam Balam of Ixil NERFINISHED ⓘ Chilam Balam of Ixil (second manuscript) NERFINISHED ⓘ Chilam Balam of Kaua NERFINISHED ⓘ Chilam Balam of Mani NERFINISHED ⓘ Chilam Balam of Motul NERFINISHED ⓘ Chilam Balam of Mérida NERFINISHED ⓘ Chilam Balam of Nah NERFINISHED ⓘ Chilam Balam of Nunkiní NERFINISHED ⓘ Chilam Balam of Peto NERFINISHED ⓘ Chilam Balam of Sotuta NERFINISHED ⓘ Chilam Balam of Sotuta (fragment) NERFINISHED ⓘ Chilam Balam of Tekax NERFINISHED ⓘ Chilam Balam of Telchac NERFINISHED ⓘ Chilam Balam of Ticul NERFINISHED ⓘ Chilam Balam of Tihosuco NERFINISHED ⓘ Chilam Balam of Tizimín NERFINISHED ⓘ Chilam Balam of Tusik NERFINISHED ⓘ Chilam Balam of Tzucacab NERFINISHED ⓘ Chilam Balam of Valladolid NERFINISHED ⓘ Chilam Balam of Xocén NERFINISHED ⓘ Chilam Balam of Yaxcabá NERFINISHED ⓘ Chilam Balam of Yaxkukul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasScript | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Spanish colonial Christianity
NERFINISHED
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pre-Hispanic Maya religion ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Chilam Balam, a legendary Maya prophet-priest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Yucatán Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousCharacter | syncretic blend of Maya and Christian elements ⓘ |
| significance |
key source for reconstruction of pre-Hispanic Maya traditions
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primary written source for colonial Yucatec Maya worldview ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
17th century
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18th century ⓘ |
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