Item Summary

Ms. copy, written in an unidentified hand, probably at Totonicapán, Guatemala. The original manuscript was written by Juan de Torres, head of sub-lineage of the Tam, dated Oct. 12, 1580. Concerns the history of the Tam lineage of the Quiche from the first ancestors to the 15th century, and lists the genealogy relevant to land claims and the boundaries of those claims. This is one of the four fullest lineage histories surviving from the 16th century Quiche, and although a late copy, it is the earliest known text.

Descriptive Information

Title
Title of the Tamub : manuscript, [1812 Sept. 2].
Call Number
C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 102)
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/wp988p081
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
[1812 Sept. 2].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 v. (9 leaves) : paper ; 31 x 22 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
"Hispaniarum Rex. Carolus IV, D.G.," "Selloquarto, un quartillo, anos de mil ochocientos ties y ochocientos ties y ochocientos once," "Valga por el rey nado del S.D. Fernando VII," and "a 1811 y 1812"--Stamps, p. 1.
Binding Note
Sewn with red thread; in cloth case.

Discovery Information

Subject
Quiché Indians—History—Sources
Cakchikel Indians—History—Sources
Quiché language—Texts
Indigenous peoples of Central America—Guatemala—History—Sources
Guatemala—History—To 1821—Sources
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
18

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/0d1055b6-2bf2-4a69-b7f4-9b9b7ae1e289/manifest