 | Josiah Conder - Voyages and travels - 1830 - 332 pages
...to the criminal by the gods. This oracle was also consulted in the affairs of war. * See page 232. " The bishop, Francisco Marroquin, having obtained intelligence...piece of singular beauty, about half a yard each way." We may hope to receive before long, some more distinct account of this oracular stone. The description... | |
 | John L. Stephens - Central America - 1841 - 638 pages
...indicate the fate of the criminal. If the decision was approved, the sentence was executed immediately ; if nothing appeared on the stone, the accused was...it for the top of the grand altar in the Church of Tecpan Guatimala. It is a stone of singular beauty, about a yard and a half each way." The " Modern... | |
 | John L. Stephens - Central America - 1841 - 672 pages
...decision was approved, the sentence was executed immediately ; if nothing appeared on the stone, ihe accused was set at liberty. This oracle was also consulted...it for the top of the grand altar in the Church of Tecpan Guatimala. It is a stone of singular beauty, about a yard and a half each way." The " Modern... | |
 | John Lloyd Stephens - 1842 - 700 pages
...indicate the fate of the criminal. If the decision was approved , the sentence was executed immediately ; if nothing appeared on the stone, the accused was set at liberty. This oracle was als» consulted in the affairs of war. The Bishop Francisco Marroquin having obtained intelligence... | |
 | Frederick Crowe - Baptists - 1850 - 652 pages
...aiwufc dirtt PALENQ.UE AND COPAN. 75 parent stone, of a substance much more valuable than the duty : on the surface of this tablet the deity was supposed...oracle was also consulted in the affairs of war."* This slab is now the top of the grand altar in the Roman Catholic church of Tecpanguatemala, a village... | |
 | John L. Stephens - Central America - 1854 - 638 pages
...indicate the fate of the criminal. If the decision \ras approved, the sentence was executed immediately; if nothing appeared on the stone, the accused was...consulted in the affairs of war. The Bishop Francisco Marroqtiiu, having obtained intelligence of this slab, ordered it to be cut square, and consecrated... | |
 | Rushton M. Dorman - Indian mythology - 1881 - 418 pages
...awaited the criminal. If the decision of the judges was approved, the sentence was immediately inflicted. If nothing appeared on the stone, the accused was...liberty. This oracle was also consulted in the affairs of war.1 Thus it will be seen that stones were worshipped because they were supposed to be animated by... | |
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... three of the judges left their seats and proceeded to a deep ravine, where there was a place of worship containing a black transparent stone, on the surface of which the Deity was supposed to indicate the fate of the criminal. If the decision was... 