Item Summary

Incomplete ms. beginning on p. 3, possibly in the hand of Domingo de Vico, containing Christian lessons drawn from the lives of the saints and the New Testament, with explanations of Christian concepts (virtue, prudence, etc.). Paper damaged with loss of text, with 19th-century pagination.

Descriptive Information

Title
Theologia Indorum : manuscript, [15--].
Call Number
C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 178)
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/707958935
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
[15--].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 v. (144 leaves) : paper ; 22 x 16 cm.
Provenance
Discovered in the town of Cunén; later acquired by William E. 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
Parchment wrapper.

Discovery Information

Subject
Christianity—Guatemala
Quiché language—Texts
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
304

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/a2f5531c-81e8-4fa5-832f-d549ed70ce08/manifest