03191nam a22004453i 4500 22061786 20250607105742.4 m |o d | cr ||||||||||| 210525m12001250xx |||||o|||||||| ||myn 22061786 0 ibc orignew u ncip 20 y-gencatlg LCAP batch update 2025-06-02-04:00: LCAPM-988 2021667917 (WDL)11621 DLC eng DLC myn 529 972 The Dresden Codex. Codex Dresdensis [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1200 to 1250] 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title devised, in English, by Library staff. "Shelfmark: Mscr.Dresd.R.310"--Note extracted from World Digital Library. Original resource extent: 39 leaves : 358 centimeters long. 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. The manuscript was purchased for the Dresden court library in 1739 in Vienna, as a "Mexican book." In 1853 it was identified as a Mayan manuscript. Consisting of 39 leaves, inscribed on both sides, and approximately 358 centimeters long, the manuscript originally was folded in an accordion-like manner. The chalk-coated writing material, amatl, is a paper-like matter produced from fig-tree fiber by means of soaking and beating. The codex depicts hieroglyphs and numerals and figures, and contains ritual and divination calendars, calculations of the phases of Venus, eclipses of the sun and moon, instructions relating to new-year ceremonies, and descriptions of the locations of the Rain God, which culminate in a full-page miniature showing a great deluge. The preeminent researcher working with Mayan codices in the 19th century was Ernst Förstermann (1822--1906), royal librarian of the Electorate of Saxony and director of the Saxon State and University Library. Förstermann elucidated the numerical, calendrical, and astronomic systems in the codex and determined that the deities, numbers, and day names in it related to the 260-day Mayan calendar. Förstermann also used the codex to make important contributions to scholarly understanding of the Mayan Long Count calendar, which counted days from the Mayan creation date. Original resource at: Saxon State and University Library, Dresden. Content in Yucateco. Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions. 1200 to 1250 Calendars Codex Dresden Codex Indians of Mexico Indigenous peoples Maya calendar Maya gods Mayas Mesoamerica Mexico World History gdcwdl wdl_11621 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/wdl.11621 wdl/wdlpartner/wdlsaxon s-Online Electronic Resource