Item Summary

Manuscript Mayan sermons. Titles include "Libro de Matrimonio de predicaciones de pariente" (p. 1); "Huntul soldado" (p. 4); "Julian" (p. 7); "Pilato" (p. 12), etc. Includes occasional rubrics, titles, words, and names in Latin and Spanish.

Descriptive Information

Title
Maya sermons : manuscript, [17--].
Call Number
C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 65)
Identifier
https://library.princeton.edu/mssimages/garrett-gates%20mesoamerican/garrettgatesmeso65-f1r.jpg
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
[17--].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 item (72 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
Copyright Not Evaluated
Binding Note
Original binding. Text block sewn onto three thongs, which are laced into a heavy leather wrapper.

Discovery Information

Subject
Mayas—Religion
Sermons—Early works to 1800
Maya language—Texts
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
148

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/0d0c0777-191b-42b6-b4dc-bec892949484/manifest