Index Dresden Codex

In 1739 a piece of Amatl paper, a tree bark flattened and covered with lime paste, turned up in Dresden Vienna. How it got to Germany is unknown but it was bought from a private owner by the Johann Christian Goetze, director of the Royal Library at the Court of Saxony.
The Amatl paper can be folded into an accordian shape. By looking carefully at the design style on the pages it is apparent that more that one artist or scribe would have been active in recording the messages that this Atmtl book contained. The major colors are red, blue, and black and that remains a theme throughout the work. The piece is well preserved and seems complete. It is 74 pages in length and written or painted on both sides with the exception of four pages.
The Atmatl book stayed in obscurity for another generation once Goetze had possession of it Even Goetze didn't make much of his purchase as demonstrated in the time it took him to catalogue it. This he did in 1744 under the title "Codex Dresdensis". The "strange mexican book" now had a formal name and it would later gain great popularity as the " The Dresden Codex".



The Dresden Codex - A look at how Johann Goetze took the "strange mexican book" out of the hands of a private owner and catalogued it....the Amatl manuscript somehow survived the book burning fever of the Spanish.........



The First 23 pages of the Dresden Codex - The Divination Pages...by Edwin L Barnhart
In this 138 page pdf free ebook Barnhart takes a look at the 52 almanacs that are written on the codex. These almanacs are based on the 260 day ritual calendars the the Maya and other MesoAmerican civilizations used as a method of divination....



Symbolism plays a major role in Mesoamerican writing. David Palmer takes a look at the glyphs and the potential significance of some of these in
A STUDY of MesoAmerican Religious Symbolism.

In this study entitled "Hieroglyphs for Ending or Completion in Chichen Itza" the author looks at the ending signs used by the Mayan in both the Dresden Codex and in the mesoAmerican calendars.

Look no further if you are looking for the symbolism of animal Mayan glyphs.

ANIMAL FIGURES IN THE MAYA CODICES.

Rituals and Symbols of the Maya and Codex Dresdensis showing "Serpent Numbers"
Rulfynch's Mythology

A 1942 Study of Mayan Astronomers with Illustration from the Dresden Codex.
The Maya Correlation Problem.