The Pre-Columbian Society Glyph Group Activities

Next regular meeting:  Saturday May 11, 2013 9:30am-12:00pm:  Penn Museum: Room 345  Special Codex Workshop:
"Venus Almanacs in the Maya and Borgia Group Codices"
Gabrielle Vail, PhD, New College of Florida in Sarasota:
    This workshop is designed for participants with an interest in Mesoamerican codices, deities, and mythology, although prior experience working with the codices is not required.  The workshop will focus on identifying calendrical, iconographic, and/or hieroglyphic references to Venus in codices painted by Maya and highland Mexican scribes during the Postclassic period.  Dr. Gabrielle Vail specializes in the study of Maya hieroglyphic texts, with an emphasis on prehispanic Maya ritual and religion as documented in screenfold manuscripts painted in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Dr Vail makes the Codices accessible and easily comprehended in her workshops.
     The charge will be $20.00, or $15.00 for students, for the Workshop and an accompanying Workbook.
     In order to make certain that we have enough workbooks, we request that you register for the workshop  by replying to this email,  or calling Lynn Matson at 732-681-8426, or 732-859-3556. Please note your name,  phone number, and email.  Last minute attendees will be welcome, assuming there are enough workbooks.

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