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The Paris codex : handbook for a Maya priest

by 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.

Accession 805 ISBN 9780292746749 Publisher University of Texas Press
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