M0000517: The world with the four Bacabs, from a Mayan manuscript

Date:
1929
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/5/86
Part of:
Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Description

Illustration of the world with the four Bacabs (Mayan Gods) from a Mayan manuscript, published in de Rosny, Leon: Codex Cortesianus. Manuscrit hie?ratique des anciens Indiens de l'Ame?rique centrale conserve? au Muse?e arche?ologique de Madrid, Paris, 1883. Related images: M0000514

Publication/Creation

1929

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.1 x 10.6 cm

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Terms of use

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

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