Details

Subject(s)

• Theology, Doctrinal—Mexico—18th century [Browse]
• Maya language—Texts [Browse]
• Indigenous Studies [Browse]

Donor

• Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Former owner

• Gates, William, 1863-1940 [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Unbound sheets (Binding)—18th century [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Paper [Browse]

Contained in

Robert Garrett collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s.

Compiled/​Created

[17--].

Linking notes

Forms part of the Robert Garrett Collection (C0744).

Summary note

Fragment copy of fray Pedro Beltrán de Santa Rosa's DOCTRINA CHRISTIANA, either the 1740 or 1757 edition. Includes the commandments, "Las obras de misericordia," and the credo. Includes occasional words in Latin and Spanish. Manuscript is water damaged with loss of text.

Notes

Unbound sheets, in case.

Language note

Text in Yucatec with some Latin and 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.

Cite as

Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 73b, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

Place name(s)

Mexico.

Other title(s)

Doctrina y confesionario en maya

In

Robert Garrett Collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s

OCLC

53199771

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