[Aztlan] one more popul vuh question.. regarding glyph readings

[Sven Röhrig]

Hi there again...

sorry for more questions.. But i wonder how the original book of the  
popul vuh might have looked.

Is it plausible that it was done in a similar fashion than the  
surriving codicis?
As double sided pages of glyph writings, with aditional ornamental  
pictures?

I wonder what the szise and look this book might have had.

Is the Maya Glyph writing more dense regarding transportet information  
than ours?
Or is it taking more room ?

How many Glyph blocks are usually on one page in the max? 100?



The english translation i ve read has about 63 pages in microsoft  
Word...

With over 3000 lines and over 34000 words.


It is said that not all parts are based on ancient records...

Someone of the list has send me a link that shows an original quiche  
text.
But only a part of that what is presented in the english translation i  
found.

Maybe 10 pages of the 63 pgaes.

The Quiche text is ordered in around 1700 lines...

Question:

Is each line represented by just one glyph block?

So the original populvuh, if we estimate maybe 70% being of ancient  
orgin, might be read out of maybe 12000 glyph blocks?

Or?

How many pages would that give in a maya codex? around 150?

So a book around 20-30 cm thick?

Is this a realistic estimation?

Are there any records about the dimensions or the general look of the  
original popul vuh "Codex"?


Is there a more educated guess about the possible physical dimensions  
of the original popul vuh?


I like to get an idea how glyph texts relate to ours when it comes to  
long storys on paper.


Thanks again
and best regards,
Sven