The Ballgame Codex
Códex Ulama
A 16th Century codex
Newly published in Mexico
W. Nick Hill's contemporary codex brings together a variety of texts, in en face format in both Spanish and English. Lyric poems, ekphrastic verse, field notes, and more, comprise this archealogical dig into the present, centered on the ancient Mesoamerican ballgame, ulamalitzli, the world's first team sport.
A Mayan bas relief showing 2 players contending over an enormous latex rubber ball.