Item Summary

Contains 20 sermons in K'iche' with headings and index written in Spanish. Written in the late 18th century in an unidentified hand.

Descriptive Information

Title
Sermonario en lengua Quiché : manuscript, [between 1775 and 1799].
Call Number
C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 182)
Identifier
https://library.princeton.edu/mssimages/garrett-gates%20mesoamerican/garrettgatesmeso182-f1r.jpg
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
[between 1775 and 1799].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 v. (219 leaves) : paper ; 21 x 18 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
Notes
Title from Gates inventory list.
Binding Note
Parchment wrapper with remnants of leather end ties.

Discovery Information

Subject
Quiché Indians—Religion
Quiché language—Texts
Sermons—Guatemala
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
384

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/4660ead8-b4ab-4337-88e5-cfd5fc71838c/manifest