Item Summary

Contains a Spanish-Tzutuhil dictionary and phrase book, 18th c. Text in several hands, two columns, and not in strict alphabetical order (pp. 1-114). Together with Spanish religious choral music for alto, tenor, basso. Includes "Villaçico de San Pedro" (Christmas carol for St. Peter), a second carol (untitled), and another work with text beginning "Sube triunphante Señora..." (pp. 115-122, 126-128). Also includes pen-and-ink drawings of Christian subjects, 19th c.? (pp. 124-125).

Descriptive Information

Title
Spanish-Tzutuhil dictionary and other texts: manuscript, [17--].
Call Number
C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 163b)
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/hh63t018k
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
[17--].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
62 leaves : paper ; 21 x 15 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
Binding Note
Unbound sheets.

Discovery Information

Subject
Tzutuhil language—Conversation and phrase books—Spanish
Tzutuhil language—Dictionaries—Spanish
Tzutuhil language—Texts
Tzutuhil Indians—Music
Music—Manuscripts
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
124

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/ef3bf3a1-34e4-4f91-a92b-958ba9b6a5ed/manifest