Project Gutenberg 2013-08-20 Public domain in the USA. 104 Förstemann, Ernst Wilhelm 1822 1906 Forstemann, Ernst Wilhelm Parker, A. M. (Alberta M.) Parker, Alberta M. Wesselhoeft, Selma Commentary on the Maya Manuscript in the Royal Public Library of Dresden Produced by Julia Miller, Keith Edkins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Commentary on the Maya Manuscript in the Royal Public Library of Dresden" by Dr. Ernst Förstemann is a scholarly archaeological work published in the early 20th century. This academic publication focuses on analyzing and interpreting the Dresden Codex, one of the few surviving pre-Columbian Maya texts, which is notable for its intricate hieroglyphic writing and complex calendar systems. The book aims to consolidate fragmented knowledge about Maya hieroglyphs, presenting findings on their implications for understanding Maya culture, rituals, and history. The opening of this work sets the stage for a detailed commentary on the Dresden Codex, which is structured in a way that combines text and illustrative hieroglyphs. Förstemann emphasizes that the manuscript's first pages are partially damaged, limiting full comprehension but indicating that they contain vital information about a calendar system known as the Tonalamatl. In these initial sections, he recounts how the pages outline ceremonial practices, including human sacrifices depicted alongside various deities, shedding light on the cultural significance of these rites. The text invites students and researchers to compare these observations with the actual manuscript to fully grasp the content and context, thereby serving both as a guide and a reference point for ongoing Maya research. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Mayas -- Antiquities Manuscripts, Maya Mayan languages -- Writing Maya calendar Codex Dresdensis Maya Maya mythology E011 Text Browsing: Archaeology Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American 621464 621472 2024-09-18T09:25:49.577724 2023-09-19T05:29:58.949931 text/html text/html 620541 2015-04-27T15:29:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 221380 2015-04-27T15:30:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 313681 2024-09-18T09:26:04.298112 application/epub+zip 316245 2024-09-18T09:25:53.234709 application/epub+zip 259229 2024-09-18T09:25:51.651817 application/epub+zip 1045228 2024-09-18T09:26:10.667124 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1022130 2024-09-18T09:26:02.727624 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 404194 2022-09-19T20:00:01.596166 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 468757 468659 2024-09-18T09:25:47.084723 2023-09-19T05:29:56.615894 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 468078 2015-04-27T15:28:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 158811 2015-04-27T15:30:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 468111 2015-04-27T15:28:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 158750 2015-04-27T15:30:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21760 2024-09-18T09:26:10.859121 application/rdf+xml 25471 2024-09-18T09:25:52.077674 image/jpeg 4625 2024-09-18T09:25:51.865682 image/jpeg 295170 2024-09-18T09:25:49.639707 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog