Item Summary

Contains approximately 200 lines of conversational phrases in K'eq'chi and Spanish, n.d. Also includes a typed transcription with commentary by William Gates, Mar. 13, 1930, laid in.

Descriptive Information

Title
Bocabulario del idioma Alta Verapaz : manuscript, [18--?].
Call Number
C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 250)
Identifier
https://library.princeton.edu/mssimages/garrett-gates%20mesoamerican/garrettgatesmeso250-f1a-1a.jpg
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
[18--?].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 v. (24 leaves) : paper ; 9 x 11 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
Cover title: Vocabulario Kekchi.
Binding Note
Sewn.

Discovery Information

Subject
Kekchi language—Terms and phrases
Kekchi language—Conversation and phrase books—Spanish
Kekchi language—Dictionaries—Spanish
Kekchi language—Texts
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
57

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/0ce86873-ad62-43eb-812f-cb80102be597/manifest