Item Summary

A catechism divided into five chapters, containing explanations of various aspects of faith and Christian doctrine, including the history of the Nicene Creed, the mysteries of the Holy Spirit, the creation of the angels, etc. (fols. 1r-22v). Translated into Spanish from K'eq'chi by Don Tomas Riveiro, as indicated by the inscription "Traduccion del español al quecchi por Don Tomas Riveiro Coban-República de Guatemala," on preliminary leaf. Also includes a sermon on fols. 23r-39v entitled "Sermon para el dia de San Juan Bautista, predicado el Año de 1798." The manuscript is undated. Foliation is written on both sides of the page and there are blank leaves in the middle and end, which are not foliated.

Descriptive Information

Title
Explicacion de la doctrina christiana en lengua quecchi : manuscript, [1798].
Call Number
C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 245)
Identifier
https://library.princeton.edu/mssimages/garrett-gates%20mesoamerican/garrettgatesmeso245-f1r.jpg
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
[1798].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 v. (98 leaves) : paper ; 31 x 22 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
Caption title.
Binding Note
Leather wrapper with ties.

Discovery Information

Subject
Sermons—Guatemala
Kekchi Indians—Religion
Kekchi language—Texts
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
58

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/e98a0ee5-6f63-4f65-9d87-50c817b384da/manifest