Descriptive Information

Title

Sermones en lengua Tzoque : manuscript, [19--].

Call Number

C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 255)

Identifier

https://library.princeton.edu/mssimages/garrett-gates%20mesoamerican/garrettgatesmeso255-f1r.jpg

Language

Mayan languages

Date Created

[19--].

Format

Manuscript

Extent

1 v. (178 leaves) : paper ; 34 x 22 cm.

Provenance

Manuscript copy made by order of Archbishop Francisco Orozco y Jimenez of Guadalajara (1864-1936), who during the years before the Carranza-Alvarado regime, had gathered all the manuscripts he could find through Chiapas, into the Episcopal library of San Cristóbal de las Casas (Chiapas, Mexico); there is an autograph presentation from Orozco y Jimenez to Dr. Nicolás León, dated Oct. 15, 1907 on front flyleaf; León sold the manuscript to Paul Wilkinson; William Gates later acquired the manuscript from Wilkinson; 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

Spine title.

Binding Note

Cardboard covers.

Discovery Information

Subject

Zoque Indians—Mexico—Religion

Zoque language—Texts

Sermons—Mexico

Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count

360

Institutional Information

Collection

Mesoamerican Manuscripts

IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/4bc85847-53d8-48b2-99d9-dbba49cc6dfd/manifest

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