Details

Subject(s)

• Mayas—Religion [Browse]
• Registers of births, etc—Mexico—Teabo—19th century [Browse]
• Maya language—Texts [Browse]
• Teabo (Mexico)—History—19th century—Sources [Browse]
• Bible Gospels [Browse]
• Jesus Christ—Passion [Browse]
• Indigenous Studies [Browse]

Related name

• Mutul, Balthasar [Browse]
• Mutul, Juan Tomas [Browse]

Donor

Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Former owner

Gates, William, 1863-1940 [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Vellum bindings [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• blotters (bookkeeping records) [Browse]
• papers (documents) [Browse]
• Indulgences [Browse]
• manuscripts (documents) [Browse]

Contained in

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

Compiled/​Created

[1803-1875].

Linking notes

Forms part of the Robert Garrett Collection (C0744).

Summary note

The first part of the manuscript consists of a Mayan translation of the Passion, followed by instructions for the Mass. The second part of the manuscript consists of a record of deaths in Teabo, Yucatàn, beginning with an entry dated Nov. 22, 1803 and ending with one dated Oct. 6, 1875. Balthasar Mutul and Juan Tomas Mutul are mentioned. Folio 2 is inscribed "Teabo - Cayam Batab." Christian names written in Spanish. The death records on the final pages are from the Maya town of Teabo. The manuscript likely originated from this town.

Notes

The first two and last two folios comprise a broadside printed indulgence measuring approximately 32 x 43 cm. with a heading that includes the years 1798 and 1799. Text was written on the blank verso. Pagination begins following the 2 leaves of printed indulgences.

Binding note

Parchment wrapper; in cloth case.

Language note

Text in Yucatec with some Spanish and Latin.

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. 66, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Place name(s)

Mexico Teabo.

In

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

OCLC

53199798

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