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See also:QUIPUS (Khipus, Qippos); the See also:ancient Peruvian name for a method of recording which was in use at the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of the arrival of the Spaniards. It consisted of a See also:cord two feet in length to which were attached a See also:series of knotted-strings (Peruv. quipu, a See also:knot) See also:hanging like a fringe. These strings were coloured, and the knots, their number and See also:size, their distance apart, the See also:colours, the See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order in which the coloured threads hung, all had a signification, e.g. See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white was See also:silver, yellow See also:gold; white meant See also:peace, red See also:war, &c. In this manner a rough See also:register of important events, of births, deaths and marriages, and other See also:statistics was kept, the quipus even constituting a See also:rude See also:history of the' See also:people. They were also much used for conveying orders to military chiefs in the provinces.
The See also:idea of knotted strings to aid memory is so See also:simple that it is See also:common to many peoples. A Pelew islander, visiting See also:England, knotted strings as a See also:diary of all that struck him during his travels. In the Hawaiian Islands native See also:carriers have knotted-See also:string records of their rounds. The Peruvian quipus is simply the perfecting of a See also:system of See also:mnemonics common to the Red See also:Indians. See also See also:WAMPUM.
End of Article: QUIPUS (Khipus, Qippos); the ancient Peruvian name for a method of recording which was in use at the time of the arrival of the Spaniards. It consisted of a cord two feet in length to which were attached a series of knotted-strings (Peruv. quipu, a knot)
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