Dresden Codex
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The Dresden Codex is a Maya book originating from the region of Chichén Itzá in Mexico. It was believed to be the oldest surviving book written in the Americas, dating to the 11th or 12th century, how
Six pages of the Dresden codex: Pages (55–59, 74) on eclipses (left), multiplication tables, and a flood (far right)
Exhibition of the codex, with the backsides visible through mirrors, Saxon State Library, Dresden
First publication in 1810 by Humboldt, who repainted five pages for his atlas
The complete Dresden Codex in the correct reading sequence (pages 1–24, 46–74, 25–45) from left to right, including empty pages
Maya codices
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Maya codices are folding books written by the pre-Columbian Maya civilization in Maya hieroglyphic script on Mesoamerican bark paper. The folding books are the products of professional scribes working
Dresden Codex
…are generally separated by a red vertical line. Sections are generally divided into two to four columns. The Dresden Codex is one of four hieroglyphic Maya codices that survived the Spanish Inquisition in the New World. Three, the Dresden, Madrid, and Paris codices, are named after the city where they were ultimately…
Page 9 of the Dresden Codex (from the 1880 Förstemann edition)
Plates 10 and 11 of the Dresden Maya Codex. Drawing by Lacambalam, 2001
Facsimile of the Madrid Codex, Museum of the Americas, Madrid, Spain
Page 6 of the Grolier Codex, depicting a death god with captive