Aware that the Maya Codex in the SLUB Dresden is a cultural asset from a colonial context, the SLUB is endeavouring to research the provenance of the object as far as possible and to ensure …

It is written in Mayan hieroglyphs and refers to an original text of some three or four hundred years earlier, describing local history and astronomical tables. Like all other pre-Hispanic books from …

Only four Mayan manuscripts still exist worldwide, of which the oldest and best preserved is the Dresden Codex, held in the collections of the Saxon State and University Library.

Nov 20, 2025 · The Dresden Codex is one of the few surviving collections of pre-Columbian Mayan hieroglyphic texts. It is thought to have been created during the 11th or 12th century. It contains …

Sep 2, 2024 · See Maya Codices for information on the nature and scope of the selected bibliography below. The Dresden Codex has long been considered one of the most important records of pre …

The codex, showing hieroglyphs, numerals and figures, contains ritual and divination calendars, calculations of the Venus phases, sun and moon eclipses, instructions of new-year ceremonies, as …

It shows hieroglyphs, images and symbols, describing diseases, harvest times, religious acts and sacrifices. It also contains various astronomy almanacs, calendars, astronomical tables, ritual …

Johann Christian Götze, Director of the Royal Library at Dresden, purchased the Maya hieroglyphic book known today as the Dresden Codex from a private owner in Vienna in 1739.

Der Codex Dresdensis (oder Dresdner Kodex, veraltet Dresdener Kodex) ist eine der vier erhaltenen und mit Sicherheit authentischen Handschriften der Maya. Er wird auf die Zeit zwischen 1200 und …

The Dresden Codex (a.k.a. Codex Dresdensis) is a pre-Columbian Maya book of the eleventh or twelfth century of the Yucatecan Maya in Chichen Itza. The Maya codex is believed to be a copy of an …