ID: 700002897 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002897	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Madrid Codex (accordion-fold codex; unknown Maya; Postclassic period (circa 900–...; Museo de América de Madrid (Madrid, Madrid province, Comu...; )

Note: The Madrid Codex was divided into two parts in Europe, held in different hands until the 19th century. In 1880 Léon de Rosny discovered that the two parts had originally been single accordion-fold codex. Both parts were re-united in 1888, now in the Museo de América, Madrid. The two historical parts were called the Troano Manuscript and the Cortesianus Codex.

Titles:

Madrid Codex (preferred,C,U,TR,English-P,U,U)

Tro-Cortesianus Codex (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

accordion-fold codex [300417533] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by conditions of production>, manuscripts (documents), codices (bound manuscripts))

Classifications:

manuscripts (preferred)

Creation Date: Postclassic period (circa 900–1521 CE); two parts reassembled in 1888

Creator Display:

unknown Maya [preferred,VP]

creators unknown Maya (Mayan cultural designation) [500125283]

Locations:

Current: Term Not Found (ULAN Candidate) (Corp. Body)

Display Materials: long strip of amate paper that was folded up accordion-style, coated with a thin layer of fine stucco, which was used as the painting surface

	amate paper [300264681]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, paper (fiber product), <paper by composition or origin>, bark paper (paper by composition))

	stucco (plaster) [300014966]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by composition or origin>, plaster (composite coating), <plaster by technique>)

	paint (coating) [300015029]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

Dimensions: each page: around 23.2 x 12.2 centimetres (around 9 x 5 inches)

Cultures:

Mayan (Maya) (preferred)

General Subject:

history and legend (preferred)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Madrid Codex	........ [VP,JPGM]
	........ FAMSI: Mesoamerican Studies [online] (2000-)
	........ Pillsbury et al, Golden Kingdoms: Luxury Arts (2017)
Tro-Cortesianus Codex	........ [VP]
	........ Cyrus, Study of the Manuscript Troano (1882)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... FAMSI: Mesoamerican Studies [online] (2000-) accessed 22 March 2018