Item Summary

A miscellany of liturgical texts consisting of two gatherings of different dimensions and length, written in at least two different hands. The first gathering of 40 leaves contains miscellaneous liturgical texts primarily in K'iche', including a translated Creed and Salve Regina. The second gathering of 17 leaves contains prayers, hymns, and other liturical texts in Latin, K'iche', and Spanish. Also includes a chart of the general and movable feasts, a litany based on the names of the Virgin (fols. 45r-47r), and a calendar entitled "Tabla general de las fiestas" with dates from 1870-1878 (fols. 61v-63r).

Descriptive Information

Title
Doctrina en Quichè : manuscript, [187-?].
Call Number
C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 193)
Identifier
https://library.princeton.edu/mssimages/garrett-gates%20mesoamerican/garrettgatesmeso193-f1r.jpg
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
[187-?].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 v. (63 leaves) : paper ; 18 x 12 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
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Title from cardboard wrapper, supplied by Gates.
Binding Note
Sewn with cardboard covers (removed).

Discovery Information

Subject
Quiché language—Texts
Quiché Indians—Religion
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
130

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
Holding location
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IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/ecc45867-35e0-4094-b17e-de0222f7077e/manifest