Item Summary

Contains a historical chronicle concerning the geographical description of the province of Ah Canul; listing of native leaders in the province and succession to office; historical account of relations among native leaders and changes in command in the last half of the 16th-century. The last folio includes the Spanish date November 20, 1821.

Descriptive Information

Title
Book of the Chilam Balam of Calkini : manuscript, [ca. 1821].
Call Number
C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 4)
Identifier
https://library.princeton.edu/mssimages/garrett-gates%20mesoamerican/garrettgatesmeso4-f1r.jpg
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
[ca. 1821].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 v. (15 leaves) : paper ; 21 x 15 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.
References
Cline, H. F. Guide to Ethnohistorical Sources, 1143
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Decoration: The subtitle on p. 32 is embellished by 2 outstretched arms with hands pointing in opposite directions.
Layout: 1 column, 25 lines.
Binding Note
In cloth box.

Discovery Information

Subject
Mayas—History
Calkiní (Mexico)—History
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
34

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/7769b295-8875-491f-b237-762e2907804a/manifest