Item Summary

An anthology containing excerpts from the Books of Chilam Balam of Maní and Oxkutzcab, tables of native and Christian calendars, prophecies, astrological almanacs, and history. The manuscript is complete, comprising both the whole of the Pérez transcription and the annotations added by Carrillo y Ancona between 1868 and 1877. The manuscript is divided into three parts. Part I contains correlations of Maya and Christian dates with prognostications based on Maya and European astrology. Part II is chiefly devoted to prophecy and historical chronicles, including the Maní Chronicle. Part III contains various almanacs, prophecies, and calendar data, plus the Maní land treaty of 1557. Also includes illustrations and Maya hieroglyphs.

Descriptive Information

Title
Codex Pérez : manuscript, [1877].
Call Number
C0940 (Princeton Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 9)
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcr781ws493
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
[1877].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 v. (70 leaves) : paper, ill. ; 35 x 25 cm.
Provenance
Probably the personal fair copy of Crescencio Carrillo y Ancona, copied in late 1877.
Source Acquisition
unknown.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Binding Note
Consists of 7 unbound fascicles.

Discovery Information

Subject
Maya language—Texts
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
142

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/dc2f6e4e-9ba2-4330-8114-71d4c71aec9a/manifest