A page from the Dresden codex, Maya manuscript Size:S: 60 x 45cm Volume 7 (London

Volume 7 (London

c1894 (1964)

known as 'The Boilermaker'

OF HER MAJESTY'S MINT

Canadian actor-manager and dramatist

A page from the Dresden codex, Maya manuscript Size:S: 60 x 45cm Volume 7 (LondonA page from the Dresden Maya Manuscript, 1901. The Dresden Codex is held in the Schsische Landesbibliothek, the state library in Dresden, Germany. It is the finest surviving example of works of Mayan literature written on paper made from bark. Many existed at the time of the Spanish conquest of Mexico and Central America but the vast majority were destroyed by the Spaniards. A print from The World's History, A Survey of Man's Record, by Dr HF Helmolt,