2.1基本要义玛雅文本通常像棋盘一样排列成直角网格,即使手抄本的书籍也是如此。这样排列的文字一般要从左到右、从上到下两列两列地书写或阅读。如果将横行标记为A,B,C,D……,纵列标记为1,2,3,4……,那么阅读顺序就是A1,B1,A2,B2,A3……,读到B列底端的字符后,又从C1和D1开始往下读,其余部分依此类推。当然,这种读写规则也有例外,例如经常在陶器上出现的单列、L形、横行等形式。极少数纪念碑和陶器上的文本要从右到左、甚至以环形顺序阅读,例如一些石头祭台上的文字。但要强调的是,基本读写顺序是从左到右、从上到下。 2.1 Basics Maya texts are usually arranged in a square grid like a chessboard, even in manuscript books. The texts arranged in this way are generally written from left to right and written or read in two columns from top to bottom. If the rows are marked as A, B, C, D, ..., the columns are labeled 1, 2, 3, 4, ... then the reading order is A1, B1, A2, B2, A3 ... After the end of the characters, starting from C1 and D1 read down, and so on the rest. Of course, there are exceptions to this kind of reading and writing rules, such as single-column, L-shaped, horizontal-row forms often appearing on pottery. A handful of monuments and pottery texts are to be read from right to left, even in circular order, for example on some stone altarpieces. But to emphasize that the basic order of reading and writing is from left to right, from top to bottom.