Item Summary

Brief Christian lessons drawn from the lives of the saints and the New Testament, with explanations of Christian concepts (virtue, prudence, etc.), n.d.

Descriptive Information

Title
Theologia Indorum en lengua Giche [sic] : manuscript, [15--].
Call Number
C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 175)
Identifier
https://library.princeton.edu/mssimages/garrett-gates%20mesoamerican/garrettgatesmeso175-f1r.jpg
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
[15--].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 v. (252 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
Notes
Title from spine, written in later hand (19th c.?) on reused vellum wrapper with earlier (18th c.?) spine title "Varios impresos manuscritos."
Incomplete, missing leaves front and back, with 19th-century pagination in black ink. Paper damaged with loss of text; title obliterated on p. 1.
Binding Note
Vellum wrapper with leather end ties. Text block originally bound in wooden boards, remnants of original cords remain.

Discovery Information

Subject
Christianity—Guatemala
Quiché language—Texts
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
526

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/89f32a99-dead-4821-9cf5-6b3e8b9af05a/manifest