Item Summary

Manuscript fragment. Contains an almanac, calendrical correlations, and medical-botanical texts. Calendar years covered in manuscript are 1797-1826, but with entries only to 1824. Includes a Spanish Prayer "Oracion; Que sea en e Santo Sepulcro ..." on old pagination (CXIV and CXV). There are 3 separate numbering systems.

Descriptive Information

Title
Book of the Chilam Balam of Kaua : manuscript, [ca. 1824].
Call Number
C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 6)
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/zs25x9219
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
[ca. 1824].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 v. (19 leaves in various foliations) : paper, ill. ; 20 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 ; 1148
Weeks, J.M. Mesoamerican Ethnohistory in United States Libraries ; 150
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Decoration: Solid line (some decorated) at the end of each paragraph; 1 embellished initial; 1 full-page illustration in blue, black, and orange watercolor of two crowned beasts pawing a central object under the moon, stars, and sun.
Binding Note
In cloth box.

Discovery Information

Subject
Maya calendar
Maya astronomy
Mayas—Religion
Mayas—Medicine
Materia medica, Vegetable—Mexico—19th century
Medicinal plants—Mexico—19th century
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
58

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/5ec1fca1-a650-403e-b792-7413de221e89/manifest