Item Summary

A fragmentary account of the Spanish Conquest, probably drawn from the point of view of the Kavek lineage (perhaps of the Qoyoy sub-lineage). In language it is closer to the Popol Vuh. The manuscript includes drawings of the post-conquest second and third palaces of the Quiché kings. There are lists of the several Quiché towns and of the caciques of these towns in the late 16th century. Also mentioned are the Mam-speaking groups of the Quetzaltenango area conquered by the Quiché and an account of the conquest by Pedro de Alvarado, with reference to Capitan decum ahau.

Descriptive Information

Title
Probanca executorio : manuscript, [between 1600 and 1650].
Call Number
C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 103)
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/37720f02c
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
[between 1600 and 1650].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 v. (25 leaves) : paper ; 22 x 14.5 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
No Known Copyright
Notes
Decoration: 3 pen drawings.
Binding Note
Vellum wrapper; lined with a manuscript fragment, probably written in a contemporary hand.

Discovery Information

Subject
Quiché Indians—History—Sources
Cakchikel Indians—History—Sources
Quiché language—Texts
Indigenous peoples of Central America—Guatemala—History—Sources
Guatemala—History—To 1821—Sources
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
56

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/74789618-0d93-441c-b4cc-2f950dea1205/manifest