Item Summary

Manuscript concerning specifications of plants used and the manner of their preparation for cures for Ahito, almorranas, azma, ardores de inflamacion, de la orina, y de aradoes (p. 1); maxcay, tacam, x chac mulal kak (p. 2); and para azma (p. 3). Verso of second leaf (p. 4) is blank.

Descriptive Information

Title
Prescriptions : manuscript, [18--?].
Call Number
C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 7)
Identifier
https://library.princeton.edu/mssimages/garrett-gates%20mesoamerican/garrettgatesmeso7-f1r.jpg
Language
Spanish
Date Created
[18--?].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
2 leaves : paper ; 21.5 x 15.5 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

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
8

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/07a51dc7-1059-45dd-b8f2-7268cd5a6568/manifest