Item Summary

Brief Christian lessons drawn from the lives of the saints and the New Testament, with explanations of Christian concepts (virtue, prudence, etc.). Incomplete, with several pages missing (3-13, 18-21, 106-117, 184-187, 214-217, 234-235, 268-269, 355-362).

Descriptive Information

Title
Theologia Indorum : manuscript, [16--].
Call Number
C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 176)
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/37720g98q
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
[16--].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 v. (308 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
Caption title.
Binding Note
Disbound, laid in heavy leather wrapper with end ties.

Discovery Information

Subject
Christianity—Guatemala
Quiché language—Texts
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
638

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/5da68972-cc9a-461e-a6db-2cfd3e7c72fd/manifest