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Book of the Chilam Balam of Kaua : manuscript, [ca. 1824].
Uniform title
Book of Chilam Balam of Kaua.
Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Mayan languages
Spanish
Description
1 v. (19 leaves in various foliations) : paper, ill. ; 20 x 15 cm.
Details
Subject(s)
Maya calendar
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Maya astronomy
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Mayas
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Religion
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Mayas
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Medicine
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Materia medica, Vegetable
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Mexico
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19th century
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Medicinal plants
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Mexico
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19th century
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Indigenous Studies
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Donor
Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961
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Former owner
Gates, William, 1863-1940
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Getty AAT genre
Formulas, recipes, etc
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Paper
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Contained in
Robert Garrett collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s.
Compiled/Created
[ca. 1824].
Linking notes
Forms part of the Garrett Collection (C0744).
Summary note
Manuscript fragment. Contains an almanac, calendrical correlations, and medical-botanical texts. Calendar years covered in manuscript are 1797-1826, but with entries only to 1824. Includes a Spanish Prayer "Oracion; Que sea en e Santo Sepulcro ..." on old pagination (CXIV and CXV). There are 3 separate numbering systems.
Notes
Decoration: Solid line (some decorated) at the end of each paragraph; 1 embellished initial; 1 full-page illustration in blue, black, and orange watercolor of two crowned beasts pawing a central object under the moon, stars, and sun.
Binding note
In cloth box.
Language note
Text in Yucatec with some Spanish.
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.
References
Cline, H. F. Guide to Ethnohistorical Sources ; 1148
Weeks, J.M. Mesoamerican Ethnohistory in United States Libraries ; 150
Cite as
Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 6, Manuscripts Division, Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Other format(s)
Also available in an electronic version.
Incipit
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In
Robert Garrett Collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s
OCLC
53199487
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