Item Summary

Consists of financial accounts of the confradía de San Nicolás in Sacapulas, dating from Apr. 17, 1663 - Aug. 29, 1852. A typical entry (May 11, 1802) certifies that the outgoing mayordomos are turning over exactly 502 [tostones?] to the new administration. Other entries list expenditures for particular fiestas and other cult duties. Also includes some transcriptions of legal documents in K'iche'. Some later accounts in Spanish.

Descriptive Information

Title
Libro de confradía de San Nicolás : manuscript, 1663-1852.
Call Number
C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 168)
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/5712m9818
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
1663-1852.
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 v. (264 leaves) : paper ; 21 x 15 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.
Binding Note
Original parchment wrappers.

Discovery Information

Subject
Confradía de San Nicolás (Sacapulas, Guatemala)
Cofradías (Latin America)
Confraternities—Guatemala—Sacapulas
Quiché Indians—Religion
Quiché language—Texts
Sacapulas (Guatemala)—History
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
536

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/bc5337b3-dae0-42b6-a120-8a7907a86e8f/manifest