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The Madrid Maya codex.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Restricted use	*KTA (Codex Madrid. Madrid Maya codex)	Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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15 x 458 cm. fold. to 15 x 8 cm.

Series Statement

The Maya Society Publications ; no. 21

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Caption title.
In portfolio.
Mounted on both sides of a linen strip, folded to form 56 leaves, the first and last attached to wooden boards, the front one inlaid with abalone shell; title "Madrid coxex" and monogram "LC" embossed in silver on front cover; descriptive text, signed William Gates, mounted on inner side of covers.
On cover: No 18.
Photographed for Mr. William E. Gates from the originals in the Museo arqueológico nacional, Madrid.
Includes both the Codex cortesianus (p. 1-21, 57-77) and the Codex troano (p. 22-56, 78-112) which form parts of a single codex at some early time separated into two sections and now sometimes called the Codex tro-cortesianus. cf. Codex cortesianus ... photographié et publié ... par Léon de Rosny. Paris, 1883; Förstemann, E.W. Commentar zur Madrider Mayahandschrift (Codex tro-cortesianus) Danzig, 1902.

Call Number

*KTA (Codex Madrid. Madrid Maya codex)

LCCN

34014585

OCLC

10141171

Title

The Madrid Maya codex.

Imprint

[Baltimore, The Maya Society, 1933]

Series

The Maya Society Publications ; no. 21

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Gates, William Edmund, 1863-, ed.

John Shaw Billings Memorial Collection.

Added Title

Codex Madrid.

Codex Cortesianus.

Codex Troano.

Research Call Number

*KTA (Codex Madrid. Madrid Maya codex)