Item Summary

Contains a series of doctrinal works, chiefly prayers in K'iche'.

Descriptive Information

Title
Doctrina en Quiché : manuscript, [1800].
Call Number
C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 186)
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcwd376765q
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
[1800].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 v. (14 leaves) : paper ; 21 x 16 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
Notes
Title from Gates inventory list.
Decoration: contains pen-and-ink drawings on Christian themes.
Binding Note
Disbound.

Discovery Information

Subject
Quiché Indians—Religion
Quiché language—Texts
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
16

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/c76e5298-3348-4c2a-b1eb-14c6068fef45/manifest