Item Summary

Manuscript written in an unidentified hand, probably dating to the late 19th-century, apparently a catechism in Maya for Methodists. The Maya title says it is to be used in the family and schools. Includes a catechism with questions first in Spanish then in Mayan-Yucatec (p. 3-14); p. 15-20 are blank; extracts from a medical botanical ms. with the heading "Conosimiento y virtudes de las yerbas Yucatecas estractadas del manuscripto que dejo D. Richardo Osada -- alias el Judio" (p. 21-51); p. 52 is blank. Leaves are unnumbered.

Descriptive Information

Title
Catecismoob Ti Le Metodistaoob compilado yetel publicado Tioklal Le Utuxtah..., [between 1875 and 1900].
Call Number
C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 68)
Identifier
https://library.princeton.edu/mssimages/garrett-gates%20mesoamerican/garrettgatesmeso68-f1r.jpg
Language
Spanish
Date Created
[between 1875 and 1900].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 v. (26 leaves) : paper ; 17 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
No Known Copyright
Notes
Title supplied by William E. Gates.
"68"--Label, written in pen on f. 1r.
"Catecismo en Maya - Methodist"--Written in pen on cover.
Binding Note
Bound in a fragment of a folder with the monogram of the American Art Association; in cloth box.

Discovery Information

Subject
Mayas—Medicine
Methodist—Prayers and devotions
Materia medica, Vegetable—Mexico—Yucatán (State)—19th century
Medicinal plants—Mexico—Yucatán (State)—19th century
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
60

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/d07c1676-662d-49f8-9ab9-b8a9c45d28be/manifest