Item Summary

Consists of 16th-century land documents from Guatemala, attested in 1815.

Descriptive Information

Title
Acuerdos sobre la manera de efectuar se el matrimonio : Palacio del Gobierno, Guatemala, 1883 Oct. 9.
Call Number
C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 246)
Identifier
https://library.princeton.edu/mssimages/garrett-gates%20mesoamerican/garrettgatesmeso246-f1r.jpg
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
1883 Oct. 9.
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 v. (12 leaves) : paper ; 21 x 16 cm.
Provenance
Previously owned by William Gates (acquired from the Alcalde in Chamelco); sold to Robert Garrett (purchased from William Gates in 1930); deposited by Garrett at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton in 1942; removed from the Institute in 1949, at Garrett's request, and donated to the Princeton University Library.
Source Acquisition
Gift; Robert Garrett; 1949.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Title from cover.
Binding Note
Bound with a strip of leather and string at spine.

Discovery Information

Subject
Marriage (Maya law)
Marriage—Guatemala
Kekchi Indians—Guatemala
Kekchi language—Texts
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
34

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/58070d1c-7193-4d53-9331-a89705361203/manifest