Deed of sale for land : Dzitnup, Yucatán, [1798].

Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
  • Spanish
  • Mayan languages
Description
2 leaves : paper ; 31 x 21 cm.

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Special Collections - Manuscripts C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 30) Browse related items Reading Room Request
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      Subject(s)
      Donor
      Former owner
      Getty AAT genre
      Contained in
      Robert Garrett collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s.
      Compiled/​Created
      [1798].
      Linking notes
      Forms part of the Robert Garrett Collection (C0744).
      Summary note
      Deed of sale transferring land in Dzitnup, Yucatán from Jacoba Poot and Esteban Poot to Manuel Mut (referred to as "almehen").
      Notes
      • "The American Art Association, Madison Square South, New York ..."--Written in pencil on cover.
      • "Documentos en Lenga Maya, 1712-1876" and "15-28"--Written in pen on cover.
      • "Maya Documentos - Ms."--Written in pen on tape spine.
      Binding note
      In cloth box; housed with cardboard covers, removed.
      Language note
      Text in Spanish with some Yucatec.
      Provenance
      "Carolus IV D.G. Hispaniar Rex," "Un quartillo, Sello Qvarto, vn Qvartillo, Anos de Mil Setecientos Moventa y Ocho, y Noventa y Nveve," and "29," stamped in ink on p. [1]; 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.
      Cite as
      Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 30, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
      Other format(s)
      Also available in an electronic version.
      Other title(s)
      • Documentos en lenga Maya, 1712-1876.
      • Maya documentos - Ms.
      In
      Robert Garrett Collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s
      OCLC
      57525486
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