Item Summary

Last will and testament of Juan Uicab. Uicab wants his children to buy him a "misa rezada" and he leaves his forest land to his son and daughter.

Descriptive Information

Title
Will of Juan Uicab, [1804, Oct. 11].
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/js956k645
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
[1804, Oct. 11].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 leaf : 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
No Known Copyright
Notes
"Documentos en Lenga Maya, 1712-1876" and "15-28"--Written in pen on cover.
"Maya Documentos - Ms."--Written in pen on tape spine.
Binding Note
In cloth box; housed with cardboard covers, removed.

Discovery Information

Subject
Maya language—Texts
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/1f01260a-0511-4a86-bdf0-eb84ddfb889d/manifest