Details

Subject(s)

• Pokonchi Indians—Guatemala—Music [Browse]
• Pokonchi language—Texts [Browse]
• Choral music—Guatemala [Browse]
• Indigenous Studies [Browse]

Donor

Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Former owner

Gates, William, 1863-1940 [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Pen works—Guatemala—16th century [Browse]
• Paper [Browse]
• manuscripts (documents) [Browse]

Contained in

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

Compiled/​Created

[1595-1604].

Linking notes

Forms part of the Robert Garrett Collection (C0744).

Summary note

Contains written music with description of the musical notes. Includes a drawing, calendar page, and notes by Dionisio de Zuniga, all written in Pokonchi, concerning a visit of the Bishop in 1603 for a confirmation; another note in 1595, and one in 1604 which states "I, Dionisio de Zuñiga, made this."

Notes

Title from wrapper.

Binding note

Sewn, without boards.

Language note

Text in Pokonchi.

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

Other format(s)

Microfilm available for duplication.

In

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

OCLC

60355613

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