Códice Maya de México, p. 6 (detail), Maya, about 1100. Mineral and organic pigments on bark paper prepared with gesso. Biblioteca Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Secretaría de Cultura-INAH-México. All rights reserved
Códice Maya de México
GETTY CENTER
East Pavilion
This is a past event
Around 900 years ago, a Maya scribe made Códice Maya de México, a sacred book that tracked and predicted the movements of the planet Venus. Today it is the oldest book of the Americas, one of only four surviving Maya manuscripts that predate the arrival of Europeans. A remarkable testament to the complexity of Indigenous astronomy, Códice Maya de México is on display in the US for the first time in 50 years.
In collaboration with Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia and Biblioteca Nacional de Antropologia e Historia, Mexico City.
