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The Madrid Maya codex.
Penn Museum Library - Locked Cases (ask staff) 913.726 M459 no.21
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Publication (Maya Society) ; no. 21.
- Maya society. Publication ; no. 21
- Standardized Title:
- Codex Tro-Cortesianus.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Manuscripts, Maya--Facsimiles.
- Manuscripts, Maya.
- Genre:
- Facsimiles.
- Physical Description:
- 15 x 458 cm. folded to ; 15 x 8 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- [Baltimore] : [The Maya Society], [1933]
- Notes:
- Caption title.
- In portfolio.
- Mounted on both sides of a linen strip, folded to form 56 leaves, the first and last attached to wooden boards, the front one inlaid with abalone shell; title "Madrid codex" and monogram "ERJ" embossed in silver on front cover; descriptive text, signed William Gates, mounted on inner side of covers.
- On cover: No. 3.
- Photographed for Mr. William E. Gates from the originals in the Museo arqueológico nacional, Madrid.
- Includes both the Codex cortesianus (p. 1-21, 57-77) and the Codex troano (p. 22-56, 78-112) which form parts of a single codex at some early time separated into two sections and now sometimes called the Codex tro-cortesianus. cf. Codex cortesianus ... photographié et publié ... par Léon de Rosny. Paris, 1883; Förstemann, E. W. Commentar zur Madrider Mayahandscrift (Codex tro-cortesianus) Danzig, 1902.
- OCLC:
- 10141171
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