codices
Americannoun
noun
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They also used codices, book-like records drawn on bark paper that combined both images and pictograms.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
After the arrival of the Spanish in the early 16th century, colonizers destroyed countless codices as well as the Maya glyph system, and the long-term, quantitative sky tracking it enabled.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 1, 2022
The reassembled pages of his once-scattered codices have been reproduced for display in this exhibition; visitors can also explore digitized versions of the codices in-depth using touchscreens.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2021
Some of the greatest works in global art history are books: Mayan codices, Persian manuscripts, Ireland’s Book of Kells.
From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2014
Tlacaelel insisted that in addition to destroying the codices of their former oppressors the Mexica should set fire to their own codices.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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