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Libro de confradía de San Nicolás : manuscript, 1663-1852.

1663-1852.

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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.
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C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 168)
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Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961
Related Name
Confradía de San Nicolás (Sacapulas, Guatemala)
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Mayan languages
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Confradía de San Nicolás (Sacapulas, Guatemala)
Cofradías (Latin America)
Confraternities—Guatemala—Sacapulas
Quiché Indians—Religion
Quiché language—Texts
Sacapulas (Guatemala)—History
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