The Madrid Codex : new approaches to understanding an ancient Maya manuscript / edited by Gabrielle Vail and Anthony Aveni.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vail, Gabrielle, editor.

Aveni, Anthony F., editor.

Series:

Mesoamerican worlds.

Mesoamerican Worlds : From the Olmecs to the Danzantes

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Codex Tro-Cortesianus.

Codex Borgianus.

Codex Dresdensis Maya.

Manuscripts, Maya--History.

Manuscripts, Maya.

Maya calendar.

Mayas--Agriculture.

Mayas.

Handmade paper--Analysis.

Handmade paper.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (469 p.)

Edition:

First paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume offers new calendrical models and methodologies for reading, dating, and interpreting the general significance of the Madrid Codex. The longest of the surviving Maya codices, this manuscript includes texts and images painted by scribes conversant in Maya hieroglyphic writing, a written means of communication practiced by Maya elites from the second to the fifteenth centuries A.D. Some scholars have recently argued that the Madrid Codex originated in the Petén region of Guatemala and postdates European contact. The contributors to this volume challenge that view by demonstrating convincingly that it originated in northern Yucatán and was painted in the Pre-Columbian era. In addition, several contributors reveal provocative connections among the Madrid and Borgia group of codices from Central Mexico. Contributors include: Harvey M. Bricker, Victoria R. Bricker, John F. Chuchiak IV, Christine L. Hernández, Bryan R. Just, Merideth Paxton, and John Pohl. Additional support for this publication was generously provided by the Eugene M. Kayden Fund at the University of Colorado.

Contents:

Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Abbreviations; 1: Research Methodologies and New Approaches to Interpreting the Madrid Codex; Part 1: Provenience and Dating of the Madrid Codex; 2: The Paper Patch on Page 56 of the 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 CodexPart 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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780870818615

0870818619

OCLC:

923705300