Item Summary

Manuscript copy of a collection of common Christian prayers in K'eq'chi, with some headings written in Spanish, including "El Ave Maria," "El Credo," "La Salve Regina," "Articulos de la fe," etc. Also includes a typed transcription.

Descriptive Information

Title
Doctrina Christiano en lengua kekchi : manuscript, 1905.
Call Number
C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 248)
Identifier
https://library.princeton.edu/mssimages/garrett-gates%20mesoamerican/garrettgatesmeso248-f1r.jpg
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
1905.
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 v. (14 leaves) : paper ; 17 x 11 cm.
Provenance
Includes the inscription "Copiado este Cuaderno de la Doctrina Cristiano en lengua kekchi. Chamelco, Febrero 17 de 1905. propoedad de J. Ma. Botzoc," written on fol 14r. 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
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Title from fol. 14r.
Binding Note
Sewn.

Discovery Information

Subject
Kekchi Indians—Religion
Kekchi language—Texts
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
43

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/c14a8a29-b6a7-41d0-b5e8-d35694f8bcea/manifest