Dresden Codex
Overview
The oldest and finest surviving Maya book, a bark paper screenfold of astronomical tables, almanacs, and rituals, painted in the 11th or 12th century. Acquired in Vienna by the Royal Library of Saxony in 1739, it suffered water damage in the 1945 bombing of Dresden. Key to Maya writing and astronomy.
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