Item Summary

Manuscript list of 157 Yucatecan surnames from the parish records of Merida, Yucatan, from "Aban" to "Zulú." Gates indicates that this manuscript is written in the hand of Juan Pio Perez. Probably dates to the early 19th century.

Descriptive Information

Title
Appellidos en Lengua Maya, Sacados de Documentos Publìcos del Departamento de Mérida, certificados por los Párrocos, [between 1800 and 1850].
Call Number
C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 14)
Identifier
https://library.princeton.edu/mssimages/garrett-gates%20mesoamerican/garrettgatesmeso14-f1r.jpg
Language
Spanish
Date Created
[between 1800 and 1850].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 leaf : paper ; 32 x 20 cm.
Provenance
Previously owned by William Gates; 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
No Known Copyright
Binding Note
Unbound sheets, in folder labeled "The American Art Association, Madison Square South, New York ... AAA".

Discovery Information

Subject
Maya language—Texts
Names, Mayan—México—Mérida—19th century
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/7750be05-ec3d-4f28-8881-47a648d1977e/manifest