Item Summary

Contains a vocabulary of 4000 words, a Grammar, and a Doctrina. This is a facsimile copy made by William E. Gates of the original manuscript, which was written at San Lucas de Chol, in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala in 1685. It was compiled from the "Libre Grande" of fray Franco. Moran, the first missionary to settle among the Lacandones and Choles, or Putunes. The second part of the manuscript, the Vocabulary, was finished in 1695 at Dolores, among the Lacandones.

Descriptive Information

Title
Arte en lengua Cholti : manuscript, [19--].
Call Number
C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 252)
Identifier
https://library.princeton.edu/mssimages/garrett-gates%20mesoamerican/garrettgatesmeso252-p1.jpg
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
[19--].
Format
Book
Extent
1 v. (34 leaves) ; 20 x 14 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
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Spine title: Arte Cholti.
Binding Note
Half morocco.

Discovery Information

Subject
Chol language—Texts
Chol language—Terms and phrases
Chol language—Grammar
Chol Indians—Language
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
120

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/5b9e3f76-b402-49e6-89a1-263dd34e7e7f/manifest