Item Summary

Consists of a reading, transcription, and interpretation of Garrett 3a, plus hand copies of fragments of two other pictorial catechisms, with accompanying transcriptions. Signed and dated by Francisco Pérez in 1837. Pages 9-11 contain an original or copied set of Testerian drawings with an interlinear Spanish translation entitled, "La Confesión General". Pages 13-15 contain a second set of such drawings, also with an interlinear Spanish translation, beginning with the words, "Señor mío Jesucristo...". At the end of page 15 is the following inscription: "Catecísmo de geroglíficos Otomí, descifrado por el Presbítero D. Franco Pérez, Catedrático de esta Universidad, y examinador sinodal de dho. idioma Otomí. Mexico, Febrero 8, 1837 (signed) Franco Pérez [rubric]".

Descriptive Information

Title
Catecismos pictóricos otomíes : manuscript, 1837.
Call Number
C0744.02 (Garrett Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 3b)
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcn583z796f
Language
Spanish
Date Created
1837.
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 v. (8 leaves) : paper, ill. ; 22 x 16 cm.
Provenance
Both Garrett Mesoamerican Manuscripts, 3a and b were probably purchased by J.-M.-A. Aubin in Mexico City ca. 1837-1840. Aubin smuggled his collection of native mss. out of Mexico in 1840. Aubin worked with his collection in Paris 1840-1889; he owned 5 pictorial catechisms. Both Otomi pictorial catechism mss. were probably removed (one way or the other) from Aubin's collection during the latter period. Eug'ene Goupil bought the Aubin Collection in 1889; only 3 pictorial catechisms are registered in the Goupil Collection (thus two had been removed; Princeton MS 3a and b were probably counted as one, because another Aubin pictorial catechism found its way to the Cleveland Public Library). No data from 1889 to 1936. Garrett 3a and b were sold in London by Sotheby's in Nov. 1936 (lot 238) to book dealer Bernard Quaritch, who sold both to Robert Garrett.
Source Acquisition
Gift Robert Garrett, 1949.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Decoration: includes watercolor drawings.
Binding Note
Paper wrappers, sewn.

Discovery Information

Subject
Catholic Church—Catechisms—Otomi
Picture-writing—Mexico
Otomi language—Texts
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
20

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/c73df03d-67e5-4782-bfa8-b21d38db33c5/manifest