Item Summary

Collection of sermons. Almost complete, a few leaves lost at the end.

Descriptive Information

Title
Sermonario en Pokonchí : manuscript, [between 1775 and 1825].
Call Number
C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 234)
Identifier
https://library.princeton.edu/mssimages/garrett-gates%20mesoamerican/garrettgatesmeso234-f1r.jpg
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
[between 1775 and 1825].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 v. (377 leaves) : paper ; 21 x 15 cm.
Provenance
Belonged to Gustav Kanter, at Nenton; later acquired by William Gates (purchased from Kanter); 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
In a soft vellum case incorrectly entitled: Manuscrito de la Doctrina Christiana en lengua Kachiquel, mandada por Arzobispo Marroquin."

Discovery Information

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

Physical Characteristics

File Count
772

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/a5fa4e19-f5f0-4776-b152-da5ad9e94a2b/manifest