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The Paris codex : handbook for a Maya priest / Bruce Love

A study of the Paris Codex, one of four surviving pre-Columbian Maya books. It examines the manuscript's hieroglyphs, calendrical cycles, and constellations to understand its historical use in divination, prophecy, and the organisation of the Maya cosmos.
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