Madrid Codex
Overview
The longest surviving Maya codex, 112 pages of almanacs, horoscopes, weaving, hunting, and ritual scenes. Found in two fragments in Spain in the 1860s, it is named Tro-Cortesianus from its former owners. Its everyday scenes complement Dresden's astronomy.
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