Project Gutenberg 2013-08-20 Public domain in the USA. 247 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.) Reading ease score: 74.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Mayas -- Antiquities Manuscripts, Maya Mayan languages -- Writing Maya calendar Codex Dresdensis Maya Maya mythology E011 Text Category: History - Ancient Category: Archaeology & Anthropology 621560 2025-07-17T13:05:14.592589 text/html 600952 2024-10-23T17:58:40 text/html 344761 2025-07-17T13:05:29.193496 application/epub+zip 347074 2025-07-17T13:05:19.110630 application/epub+zip 246705 2025-07-17T13:05:17.289556 application/epub+zip 1081126 2025-07-17T13:05:34.990536 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1058132 2025-07-17T13:05:27.587507 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 404194 2022-09-19T20:00:01.596166 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 468659 2023-09-19T05:29:56.615894 text/plain 448679 2024-10-23T17:58:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18154 2025-07-17T13:05:35.199465 application/rdf+xml 25750 2025-07-17T13:05:17.852598 image/jpeg 4665 2025-07-17T13:05:17.567560 image/jpeg 324555 2025-07-17T13:05:14.653590 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia