MS 7170 Explanation of the Maya manuscript of the Royal Library of Dresden [translation]
name: label: Author
content: Förstemann, Ernst Wilhelm, 1822-1906
label: Translator
content: Thomas, Nora
topic: label: Topic
content: Dresden Codex
creator: label: Author
content: Förstemann, Ernst Wilhelm, 1822-1906
label: Translator
content: Thomas, Nora
culture: label: Culture
content: Maya
label: Culture
content: German
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 148 Pages
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Typescript Document bound
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1886
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The manuscript was acquired by the Library of the Bureau of American Ethnology in 1891 (acquisition 2022). It was transferred to the archives by the Smithsonian Libraries, March 27, 1973.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS7170
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The document includes an introductory statement and parts concerning written characters, the calendar, and remarks on the separate parts of the manuscript. Accompanying the typescript is a 141-page manuscript copy of the translation.