Item Summary

Contains written music with description of the musical notes. Includes a drawing, calendar page, and notes by Dionisio de Zuniga, all written in Pokonchi, concerning a visit of the Bishop in 1603 for a confirmation; another note in 1595, and one in 1604 which states "I, Dionisio de Zuñiga, made this."

Descriptive Information

Title
Treatise in Pokonchí for teaching "Canto Llano" with musical bars : manuscript, [1595-1604].
Call Number
C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 233)
Identifier
https://library.princeton.edu/mssimages/garrett-gates%20mesoamerican/garrettgatesmeso233-f1r.jpg
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
[1595-1604].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 v. (19 leaves with irregular foliation) : paper ; 16 x 11 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
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Title from wrapper.
Binding Note
Sewn, without boards.

Discovery Information

Subject
Pokonchi Indians—Guatemala—Music
Pokonchi language—Texts
Choral music—Guatemala
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
22

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/1c14d957-ddfe-4986-910b-cdb2707fb968/manifest