In this view of the Great Plaza looking west, the back of Stela F (in the foreground) provides yet another example of the seamless integration of iconography and text Copan sculptures came to master. The feathered backrack worn by king Waxaklajuun Ub'aah K'awiil spills from the sides of the monument to the back, where it frames medallion-like shapes formed by descending twisted ropes which, in turn, contain a text. This arrangement, to quote Linda Schele and Peter Mathews, treats the text "as if the glyphs were part of Waxaklajuun Ub'aah K'awiil's backrack". |