Item Summary

Contract between members of the Tus family of Chichimilà (according to Gates), Tixcancal is referred to in this document.

Descriptive Information

Title
Contract Between Members of the Tus Family.
Identifier
ark:/88435/dctq57p331q
Publisher
1811-September 7, 1823.
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
1811-1823
Format
Manuscript
Extent
2 leaves : paper ; 31 x 22 cm.
Provenance
Early provenance unknown; previously owned by William Gates; sold to Robert Garrett (purchased from William Gates in 1930); deposited by Garrett at the Institute of 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
Notes
"Hispaniarum Rex Carolus IV D.G. Sello Qvarto, vn Qvartillo, anos de mil doscientos seis, y ochocientos y siete" and "Fernardo Vil. D.G.M. Anos D 1810," stamped on p. [1]
Binding Note
In cloth box; housed with cardboard covers, removed.

Discovery Information

Subject
Tus family
Manuscripts, Maya—New Jersey—Princeton
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
4

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/41f8073d-5cad-43a4-9053-9abc88323282/manifest