The Madrid Codex: New Approaches To Understanding An Ancient Maya Manuscript (Mesoamerican Worlds Series)

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, "The Madrid Codex" includes texts and images painted by scribes conversant in Maya hieroglyphic writing, a written means of communication practised by Maya elites from the second to the fifteenth centuries AD. Some scholars have recently argued that the Madrid Codex originated in the Peten region of Guatemala and post-dates European contact. The contributors to this volume challenge that view by demonstrating convincingly that it originated in northern Yucatan 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. Research Methodologies And New Approaches To Interpreting The Madrid Codex / Gabrielle Vail And Anthony Aveni -- The Paper Patch On Page 56 Of The Madrid Codex / Harvey M. Bricker -- Papal Bulls, Extirpators, And The Madrid Codex: The Content And Probable Provenience Of The M. 56 Patch / John F. Chuchiak -- Tayasal Origin Of The Madrid Codex: Further Consideration Of The Theory / Merideth Paxton -- Maya Calendars And Dates: Interpreting The Calendrical Structure Of Maya Almanacs / Gabrielle Vail And Anthony Aveni -- Intervallic Structure And Cognate Almanacs In The Madrid And Dresden Codices / Anthony Aveni -- Haab Dates In The Madrid Codex / Gabrielle Vail And Victoria R. Bricker -- A Reinterpretation Of Tzolk'in Almanacs In The Madrid Codex / Gabrielle Vail -- In Extenso Almanacs In The Madrid Codex / Bryan R. Just -- The Inauguration Of Planting In The Borgia And Madrid Codices / Christine Hernández And Victoria R. Bricker -- 'yearbearer Pages' And Their Connection To Planting Almanacs In The Borgia Codex / Christine Hernández -- Screenfold Manuscripts Of Highland Mexico And Their Possible Influence On Codex Madrid: A Summary / John M.d. Pohl. Edited By Gabrielle Vail And Anthony Aveni. Papers Originally Presented At 2 Workshops Held At Tulane University, June 22-24, 2001 And Feb. 28-mar. 2, 2002. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. 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. Annotation 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 Peten region of Guatemala and postdates European contact. The contributors to this volume challenge that view by demonstrating convincingly that it originated in northern Yucatan 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. 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, the Madrid Codex 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 post-dates 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