Forms part of the Robert Garrett Collection (C0744).
Summary note
Manuscript copy of a collection of common Christian prayers in K'eq'chi, with some headings written in Spanish, including "El Ave Maria," "El Credo," "La Salve Regina," "Articulos de la fe," etc. Also includes a typed transcription.
Notes
Title from fol. 14r.
Binding note
Sewn.
Language note
Text in K'eq'chi and Spanish.
Provenance
Includes the inscription "Copiado este Cuaderno de la Doctrina Cristiano en lengua kekchi. Chamelco, Febrero 17 de 1905. propoedad de J. Ma. Botzoc," written on fol 14r. 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. 248, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Place name(s)
Guatemala San Juan Chamelco.
In
Robert Garrett Collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s
OCLC
53348683
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