Item Summary

A record of births, baptisms, and deaths at Teabo, Yucatán. The earliest date is a baptism in 1839, the latest seems to be an entry in 1891 for a member of the Nah family. These documents were composed in the Maya town of Teabo.

Descriptive Information

Title
Teabo register : manuscript, [1839-1851].
Call Number
C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 70b)
Identifier
https://library.princeton.edu/mssimages/garrett-gates%20mesoamerican/garrettgatesmeso70b-f1r.jpg
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
[1839-1851].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 volume (8 leaves) : paper ; 15.2 x 10.3 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
Binding Note
Disbound quire of 8 leaves.

Discovery Information

Subject
Registers of births, etc—Mexico—Teabo—19th century
Maya language—Texts
Teabo (Mexico)—History—19th century—Sources
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
16

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/8414a63c-994d-4e38-885b-b7f425fa4258/manifest