| Madrid Codex | |
|---|---|
| Museo de América | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Museo_de_America_Madrid_Codex.jpg) Copy of the Madrid Codex on display at the Museo de América in Madrid | |
| Also known as | Tro-Cortesianus Codex, Troano Codex |
| Type | codex |
| Date | Postclassic period (1250–1450) |
| Place of origin | western Yucatán, Mexico |
| Language(s) | Yucatec Maya |
| Material | bark paper[1] |
| Size | 23.2 by 12.2 centimetres (9.1 by 4.8 in) |
| Format | screenfold book |
| Script | Maya script |
| Contents | ritual almanacs and horoscopes used to help Mayan priests in the performance of their ceremonies. |
| Discovered | 1866 in Madrid |
The Madrid Codex (also known as the Tro-Cortesianus Codex or the Troano Codex)[2] is one of three surviving pre-Columbian Maya books dating to the Postclassic period of Mesoamerican chronology (circa 900–1521 AD).[3] The Madrid Codex is held by the Museo de América in Madrid and is considered to be the most important piece in its collection. However, the original is not on display due to its fragility; an accurate reproduction is displayed in its stead.[2] At one point in time the codex was split into two pieces, given the names "Codex Troano" and "Codex Cortesianus". In the 1880s, Leon de Rosny, an ethnologist, realised that the two pieces belonged together, and helped combine them into a single text. This text was subsequently brought to Madrid, and given the name "Madrid Codex", which remains its most common name today.[4]
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- ^ Sharer and Traxler 2006, p. 126.
- ^ Paxton, M (2001). The Cosmos of the Yucatec Maya: Cycles and Steps from the Madrid Codex. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque.