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Welcome to the website of LACAMBALAM!
Here you can
find information about Maya,
Aztec and Mixtec codices. This codex-webpage ist non-commercial, because I am not sending any codices. I offer the following drawings for free, so you may use them for private
purposes, but also for use in schools, libraries and museums. I am offering my complete drawings of the Dresden Codex, so that anyone interested may copy and print those 12 pages and put
together a Maya codex. Of the other codices I offer selected drawings. If you would like to use my drawings for commercial purposes, Please, check
regularly for updates. For any comment, write to:
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This is my Dresden Maya Codex .
Reproduced are
12 pages: pages 4 to 15 of the original codex. I have chosen this part, because
it is the only part, which can be reconstructed with a good degree of
confidence.
To make this
reproduction, I have carefully studied the complete codex, in order to
reconstruct the missing hieroglyphs or damaged god figures. Then, in a work of
several months, I did a master drawing with Chinese ink on Fabriano Paper. From
this master codex I am taking color photo copies in original size.
The colors are
original, as far as it was possible, because every facsimile print actually
looks different. Apart from that, the original colors obviously have faded
substantially.
If you would
like to make your own Maya codex, the click on those links.
Dresden Codex – Jaguar Fur Cover with Logo
Dresden Codex – pages 01 and 02
Dresden Codex – pages 03 and 04
Dresden Codex – pages 05 and 06
Dresden Codex – pages 07 and 08
Dresden Codex – pages 09 and 10
Dresden Codex – pages 11 and 12
Dresden Codex – Back Cover with Jaguar fur
Here is a detail
where you may compare my drawing with the original.
The red and
black dots and bars, which are numbers of the Maya calendar,
have been reconstructed or corrected according to the logic of the Maya
calendar.
If you print the
codex, then you should also print the information sheet,
which explains the history of the codex and describes the most important maya
gods. Even examples of readings are given.
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The next picture shows a reproduction of a
part of the Borgia Codex, the most beautiful Aztec codex.
By the way, the first page is the last page, since the Aztec codices are
read from right to left.
It shows the god of life, Quetzalcoatl, ad the god of the underworld,
Mictlantecuhtli.
If you like to copy the picture in better resolution, then click here!
Here there is a detail where you may
compare my drawing with the original.
The next picture
shows a reproduction of a part of the Codex
Nuttall, the most beautiful
Mixtec codex.
The codex is a
pictoric description of the life of the warrior-priest 8 Deer, who lived from
1063 to 1115 AD.
This picture shows the conquest of an island in the Maya area,
possibly in the states of Tabasco or Campeche. The expedition takes
place at night.
The warriors are a lord 9 Water,
the Mixtec king 8 Deer „Jaguar Paw“
and the Toltec king 4 Jaguar.
The expedition takes place in the year 1098. Only the name 9 Water
appears on this page.
The signs 10 Snake, 11 Death and 12 Deer are day signs,
which means, the expedition lasted 3 days.
Click here for big
resolution.
Year 1099. A
lord gives a pectoral of turcuoise and jade to the king 8 Deer on the day 3
Monkey.
Three days
later, on the day 6 Jaguar, the king of the Toltecs 4 Jaguar (left)
and the Mixtec
king 8 Deer (right) play ball in the city of Jade.
They are betting
jewelry.
Three days
later, on the day 9 Earthquake,
4 Jaguar (left),
8 Deer (center) and his older half brother 12 Earthquake (right)
go on an
expedition with boats.
38 days later,
on the day 8 Eagle, in the year Jahre 1100 (year 10 Flint),
they pass the
place of reeds.
13 days later,
on the day 8 Rabbit, they pass a smoking vulcano.
Click here for big
resolution.
Hello kids!
Here is a drawing to color in for you!
Click here for a larger picture!
For any comment,
please write to:
Links to other Maya-Webpages:
Auf Deutsch:
Im Jahre 2012 endet angeblich der Mayakalender. Willst Du wissen, ob die Welt untergeht?
Hat das etwas zu tun mit
Erich von Däniken?
http://www.astronomie.at/Scripts/mayacal.asp
Hervorragende Webseite, die das aktuelle Mayadatum (richtig)
angibt, und jedes Datum berechnen lässt.
http://www.tu-dresden.de/slub/proj/maya/maya.html
Die beste Seite zum Dresdener Codex.
In English:
http://www.pauahtun.org/tools.html
Who likes to calculate from the maya date
to the Gregorian Calendar should,
check this website.
Even the Correlation constant may be changed,
for everyone, who has still not
understood when the Cero Day was.
http://www.famsi.org/research/kerr/index.html
Who likes to
see the famous roll-out-photos of Justin Kerrs Maya-Vases
.
In Chinese:
maya.go2c.info/civilizations/ maya.htm
Many Photos and texts!