The Madrid Codex: New Approaches To Understanding An Ancient Maya Manuscript

by VAIL GABRIELLE (ED)

• ISBN13: 9780870817861
• ISBN10: 0870817868
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-11-01
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Colorado

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	ix
Foreword by David Carrasco and Eduardo Matos Moctezuma	xvii
Preface	xix
Acknowledgments	xxiii
List of Contributors	xxv
List of Abbreviations	xxvii
1 Research Methodologies and New Approaches to Interpreting the Madrid Codex
Gabrielle Vail and Anthony Aveni	1	(32)
PART I PROVENIENCE AND DATING OF THE MADRID CODEX
2 The Paper Patch on Page 56 of the Madrid Codex
Harvey M. Pricker	33	(24)
3 Papal Bulls, Extirpators, and the Madrid Codex: The Content and Probable Provenience of the M. 56 Patch
John F. Chuchiak	57	(32)
4 Tayasal Origin of the Madrid Codex: Further Consideration of the Theory
Merideth Paxton	89	(42)
PART II CALENDRICAL MODELS AND METHODOLOGIES FOR EXAMINING THE MADRID ALMANACS
5 Maya Calendars and Dates: Interpreting the Calendrical Structure of Maya Almanacs
Gabrielle Vail and Anthony Aveni	131	(16)
6 Intervallic Structure and Cognate Almanacs in the Madrid and Dresden Codices
Anthony Aveni	147	(24)
7 Haab Dates in the Madrid Codex
Gabrielle Vail and Victoria R. Bricker	171	(44)
8 A Reinterpretation of Tzolk'in Almanacs in the Madrid Codex
Gabrielle Vail	215	(40)
PART III CONNECTIONS AMONG THE MADRID AND BORGIA GROUP CODICES
9 In Extenso Almanacs in the Madrid Codex
Bryan R. Just	255	(22)
10 The Inauguration of Planting in the Borgia and Madrid Codices
Christine Hernández and Victoria R. Bricker	277	(44)
11 "Yearbearer Pages" and Their Connection to Planting Almanacs in the Borgia Codex
Christine Hernáandez	321
PART IV OVERVIEW: THE MADRID CODEX IN THE CONTEXT OF MESOAMERICAN TRADITIONS
12 Screenfold Manuscripts of Highland Mexico and Their Possible Influence on Codex Madrid: A Summary
John M.D. Pohl