The Madrid Codex : New Approaches to Understanding an Ancient Maya Manuscript.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (469 pages)
- Mesoamerican Worlds Series .
- Mesoamerican Worlds Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- 1: Research Methodologies and New Approaches to Interpreting the Madrid Codex -- Part 1: Provenience and Dating ofthe Madrid Codex -- 2: The Paper Patch on Page 56 ofthe Madrid Codex -- 3: Papal Bulls, Extirpators, and the Madrid Codex -- 4: Tayasal Origin of the Madrid Codex -- Part 2: Calendrical Models and Methodologies for Examining the Madrid Almanacs -- 5: Maya Calendars and Dates -- 6: Intervallic Structure and Cognate Almanacs in the Madrid and Dresden Codices -- 7: Haab Dates in the Madrid Codex -- 8: A Reinterpretation of Tzolk'in Almanacs in the Madrid Codex -- Part 3: Connections Among the Madrid and Borgia Group Codices -- 9: In Extenso Almanacs in the Madrid Codex -- 10: The Inauguration of Planting in the Borgia and Madrid Codices -- 11: "Yearbearer Pages" and Their Connection to Planting Almanacs in the Borgia Codex -- Part 5: Overview: The Madrid Codex in theContext of Mesoamerican Traditions -- 12: Screenfold Manuscripts of Highland Mexico and Their Possible Influence on Codex Madrid -- Index.