Item Summary

Consists of a document in K'iche' "Titulo Real de don Francisco Izquin ultimo Ahpop alel, o Rey de Quiché," (11 leaves), dated Nov. 22, 1588 and signed by the Last King of the Quichés and the eight other princes. There is a narrative account (fols. 15-22) of the events of the first conquest of the highlands by the Quiché ancestors in the year [1300], dated May 7, 1524 and signed by hieroglyphs with names of seven K'iche' princesses, three of the Spanish conquerors, including Pedro de Alvarado "Ande mi con Pedro Alvarado Jues Capitan Español Conquistador," and also the four friars accompanying the expedition. Also includes several official documents dating from 1587-ca. 1781 from Xelahuh, now Quetzaltenango.

Descriptive Information

Title
Titulos de los señores del Reino del Quichè : manuscript, [1501-1781?].
Call Number
C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 101)
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/r781wh31g
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
[1501-1781?].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 v. (39 leaves) : paper ; 32 x 23 cm.
Provenance
The documents are housed in the original limp vellum wrapper of the Archives, inscribed: "Titulo de reyes de Guatemala en Quiche," and presented by the keeper of the Archives in 1856 to Brasseur de Bourbourg. Also contains the bookplates of Brasseur de Bourbourg and Alphonse L. Pinart with his shelfmark "E.4/53"; 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
Notes
The vellum wrapper has at least 3 titles. The first title, 16th c. "Varios papeles de la [ ] henango[?]"; the second title, 17th c.? "Incompletos y podridos"; and the third, stamped in ink, 19th c. "Titulo de reyes de Guatemala en Quiche."
A complete transcription of this manuscript has been published MATSUMOTO, MALLORY. LAND, POLITICS, AND MEMORY IN FIVE NIJAIB KICHE TTULOS the title and proof of our ancestors. S.l.: UNIV PR OF COLORADO, 2017.
Binding Note
Original limp vellum.

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
Central America—History—16th century—Sources
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
82

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/ece44e01-3021-4d71-860b-67eaaed69518/manifest