Item Summary

Fragment copy of fray Pedro Beltrán de Santa Rosa's DOCTRINA CHRISTIANA, either the 1740 or 1757 edition. Includes the commandments, "Las obras de misericordia," and the credo. Includes occasional words in Latin and Spanish. Manuscript is water damaged with loss of text.

Descriptive Information

Title
Doctrine and confession : manuscript, [17--].
Call Number
C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 73b)
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/h702q9604
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
[17--].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 v. (17 leaves) : paper ; 15 x 10 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
Unbound sheets, in case.

Discovery Information

Subject
Theology, Doctrinal—Mexico—18th century
Maya language—Texts
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
34

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/2e073396-f741-4994-80d7-816d7bd1c84a/manifest