codices

Of particular importance are the four surviving codices from the Yucatan area (the Dresden, Paris, Madrid, and Grolier).

Mesoamerican Religion: Symbolism of the Gods Part One 2008

Of particular importance are the four surviving codices from the Yucatan area (the Dresden, Paris, Madrid, and Grolier).

Mesoamerican Religion: Symbolism of the Gods Part One 2008

Overlooking the Spanish Inquisition, and a bonfire of Indian idols and codices, is a surrealist figure of a grotesque hand-with-eyes, symbolizing an empty head, a brain that doesn't think, an intelligence without control, an invasion.

Did You Know? The centenary of the birth of artist Juan O'Gorman 2005

Those documents were called codices and their creation was so important, as much in the artistic conception of them as in the material realization, that the “writers” of codices were considered superior beings and their activities sacred.

MALINCHE Laura Esquivel 2007

Overlooking the Spanish Inquisition, and a bonfire of Indian idols and codices, is a surrealist figure of a grotesque hand-with-eyes, symbolizing an empty head, a brain that doesn't think, an intelligence without control, an invasion.

Did You Know? The centenary of the birth of artist Juan O'Gorman 2005

Codices Electronici Sangallenses’ (CESG) goal is to give digital access to the medieval codices from the Abbey Library of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

Creating, Managing & Pres. Dig. Assets: Codices Electronici Sangallenses 2008

Codices Electronici Sangallenses’ (CESG) goal is to give digital access to the medieval codices from the Abbey Library of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

Archive 2008-04-01 2008

Dating from the 11th to the 18th centuries, the texts, known as codices, contained personalized messages for their powerful readers, including the popes who turned their pages.

Long-Lost Papal Texts Resurface 2011

Ancient Romans arguably created the first modern form of books called codices by tying together parchment paper between two wooden slabs.

Film Junk 2009

In the past, the colorful panels they created were thought to be merely decorative, but studies have shown that many of these ceramic pieces display glyphs similar to those found in Mexico's famous codices, meaning that the countless ceramics spirited out of western Mexico over the years probably contain a wealth of valuable information.

Guachimontones: unearthing a lost world near Teuchitlan, Jalisco 2009