Item Summary

Pokonchi text concerning the Gospel of St. John, written in an unidentified hand. Probably formed part of a larger religious miscellany, with contemporaray pagination (p. 120-142).

Descriptive Information

Title
Chirixc San Juan Evangelista : manuscript, [ca. 1700].
Call Number
C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 236)
Identifier
https://library.princeton.edu/mssimages/garrett-gates%20mesoamerican/garrettgatesmeso236-f120r.jpg
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
[ca. 1700].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 v. (24 leaves) : paper ; 21 x 16 cm.
Provenance
Numbers 236-241 are practically identical in the writing, but have minor differences in the spacing of line, etc. They may nevertheless have been parts of a single collection; William Gates received them gathered among various pieces, including others in K'iche'; 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
Copyright Not Evaluated
Binding Note
Unbound.

Discovery Information

Subject
Pokonchi Indians—Guatemala—Religion
Pokonchi language—Texts
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
26

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/1e3de5d3-80e6-4c5a-a2da-16973eebfd1b/manifest