Codice Tro-cortesiano or Madrid Codex

Tesorio 1991 Madrid, 1991 Fine in a fine case 1st Wrappers Large Octavio 2 Volumes One of the four Maya codices to have survived to the present day, the Trocortesian Codex is today conserved in the Museum of Ame The Madrid Codex is the longest of the existing Maya hieroglyphic manuscripts, containing over 250 separate "almanacs" that place events of both a sacred and secular nature within the 260-day Mesoamerican ritual calendar. These almanacs integrate calendrical data with pictures and glyphic texts to provide users (priests and daykeepers) with information about particular days in the sacred calendar. Unlike the other Maya codices, the Madrid Codex is concerned quite specifically with the activities of daily life (planting, hunting, tending ones crops, etc.). The glyphic texts refer to specific activities, deities, offerings, and ritual and astronomical events.. Soft cover. (Inventory #: BOOKS004162)