The Paris Codex: Handbook for a Maya PriestAuthor: Love, Bruce (1945 ) Year: 1994 Publisher: University of Texas Press Place: Austin Description: xviii+124 with illustrations, figures, appendix, bibliography and index. Folio (9 1 4" x 8 3 4") bound in original brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Introduction by George E Stuart. First edition. The Maya civilization left many records carved in the stones of its cities, but only four hand painted books, or codices, are know to have survived