Item Summary

Manuscript copy of several different manuscripts concerning the history of the conquest of Yucatan by the Spaniards (Chilam Balam of Chumayel), possibly written in the hand of a copyist working for Bishop Carrillo y Ancona in Mérida (Mexico); political history of the province of Ah Canul, second half of the 16th-century (Chilam Balam of Calkini); uses of plants for medical treatment (El Libro de los Medicos Yervateros de Yucatan); historical chronicle, katun prophecies, calendrical correlations and almanac (Chilam Balam of Tizimin); paraphrase in Maya of Old Testament (?); also medical texts (Chilam Balam of Ixil); and calendrical correlations and medical texts (Chilam Balam of Kaua). Numbered blank leaves at end of v. 1 (fol. 118-144), v. 2 (fol. 146-196). Ms. section headings written in Spanish.

Descriptive Information

Title
Chilam Balam Texts, [ca. 1850-1860].
Call Number
C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 5)
Identifier
https://library.princeton.edu/mssimages/garrett-gates%20mesoamerican/garrettgatesmeso5-f1r.jpg
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
[ca. 1850-1860].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
2 v. (v. 1 is 144 leaves, v. 2 is 196 leaves) : paper, ill. ; 22 x 17 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
Contents
v. 1. Chilam Balam of Chumayel
Chilam Balam of Calkini
El Libro de los Medicos Yervateros de Yucatan
v. 2. Chilam Balam of Tizimin
Chilam Balam of Ixil
Chilam Balam of Kaua.
Notes
Stationer's label pasted down on p. [2] of cover, v. 2.
Spine title, v. 1: Maya: Medicina.
Title supplied by William E. Gates.
Decoration: illustrations in red pencil, black ink, and purple pencil.
Binding Note
Quarter calf binding and marbeled papers.

Discovery Information

Subject
Mayas—Antiquities
Mayas—History
Mayas—Religion
Maya—Medicine
Materia medica, Vegetable—Mexico—19th century
Medicinal plants—Mexico—19th century
Maya languages—Text
Maya calendar
Maya astronomy
Calkiní (Mexico)—History
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/890153c1-4607-4854-9f80-fd87c9319cdb/manifest