Details

Subject(s)

• Pokonchi Indians—Guatemala—Religion [Browse]
• Pokonchi language—Texts [Browse]
• Sermons—Guatemala [Browse]
• Indigenous Studies [Browse]

Donor

Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Former owner

Gates, William, 1863-1940 [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Vellum bindings [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Sermons—Guatemala—18th century [Browse]
• Paper [Browse]
• manuscripts (documents) [Browse]

Contained in

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

Compiled/​Created

[between 1775 and 1825].

Linking notes

Forms part of the Robert Garrett Collection (C0744).

Summary note

Collection of sermons. Almost complete, a few leaves lost at the end.

Binding note

In a soft vellum case incorrectly entitled: Manuscrito de la Doctrina Christiana en lengua Kachiquel, mandada por Arzobispo Marroquin."

Language note

Text in Pokonchi.

Provenance

Belonged to Gustav Kanter, at Nenton; later acquired by William Gates (purchased from Kanter); 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. 234, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

In

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

OCLC

1340469530

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