Book of the Chilam Balam of Kaua : manuscript, [ca. 1824].

Uniform title
Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
  • Mayan languages
  • Spanish
Description
1 v. (19 leaves in various foliations) : paper, ill. ; 20 x 15 cm.

Details

Subject(s)
Donor
Former owner
Getty AAT genre
Contained in
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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