Page 2 of Códice Maya de México, about 1100, Maya. Mineral and organic pigments on bark paper prepared with gesso, 5 1/16 x 4 7/8 in. Biblioteca Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Secretaría de Cultura-INAH-México, EX.2022.5.2. All rights reserved
Códice Maya de México: Discovery and Authenticity of the Oldest Maya Codex
California State University Los Angeles
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California State University Los Angeles State Playhouse Theater
5151 State University Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90032
This program will be offered in English and Spanish.
Este programa será ofrecido en inglés y español.
The 2022 Maya Symposium, organized by the Getty Research Institute in collaboration with the Art History Society of California State University, Los Angeles, will host the researchers involved in authenticating the Maya Codex of Mexico. The codex is the most recently found and oldest of the four surviving pre-Hispanic Maya books. Speakers will explore the document’s mysterious origins as well as its pigmentation, material composition, artistic iconography, astronomical uses, and socio-political meanings. Talks will also cover the procedures used for dating the codex and the in-depth work scholars undertook to prove that it is the oldest surviving Mesoamerican book.
This event will take place at Cal State LA in the State Playhouse Theater. Seating will be limited and given on a first come first serve basis. Additional seats will be available at another location on campus with streaming capabilities.
The symposium will be preceded by a lecture by Gerardo Gutiérrez on November 4 at the Getty Center.
This program coincides with the exhibition Códice Maya de México, on view from October 18, 2022 through January 15, 2023 at the Getty Center.
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