Item Summary

Manuscript fragments concerning the medicinal uses of plants for curing specific diseases.

Descriptive Information

Title
Maya Fragments - Medicinal Plants : manuscript, [between 1800 and 1850].
Call Number
C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 8)
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/c821gn555
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
[between 1800 and 1850].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 item (7 leaves with old foliation, 33, 41-46) : paper ; 21 x 15.6 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 supplied by William E. Gates.

Discovery Information

Subject
Mayas—Medicine
Materia medica, Vegetable—Mexico—19th century
Medicinal plants—Mexico—19th century
Maya language—Texts
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
14

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/0d2cec68-41b5-418b-8240-d0c60c3dfeff/manifest