Madrid Codex Astronomer

Item

Title

Madrid Codex Astronomer

Description

Detail of Page 34 of the Madrid Codex. A depiction of an astronomer looking out into space.

Contributor

Museo de América

Coverage

Post-Classic Era Mayan writing, artistic symbolism

Creator

Unknown Mayan Author/Artist
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Date

Dated some time between 1200 and 1450 CE.

Format

PNG; Accordion-style folding codex

Identifier

Language

No language is used in this image, but the overall document is written in Yucatec Mayan script.

Publisher

Wikimedia Commons

Rights

Public Domain

Subject

Mayan Codex, Astronomy

Original Format

Painting on Huun-paper