Choral music miscellany : manuscript, 1635.

Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
  • Mayan languages
  • Spanish
  • Latin
Description
1 v. (35 leaves) : paper ; 31 x 22 cm.

Details

Subject(s)
Related name
Donor
Former owner
Rare books genre
Getty AAT genre
Contained in
Compiled/​Created
1635.
Linking notes
Forms part of the Robert Garrett Collection (C0744).
Summary note
Choral settings of sacred texts in Nahuatl, Latin, and Spanish, including "Requiem eternam dona eis domine...," "Victoria victoria aqui canvencido [convencido]," and "Dominus dixit ad me filius meus est..." One note in Latin states the manuscript was written by the Maestro Tomas Pascual, 22 December 1635 (fol. 5r).
Notes
  • Title from wrapper.
  • Musical notation: 5 line staves; square notes.
Binding note
Unbound sheets in a raw hide cover. Rebound in modern paper wrapper with leather ties.
Language note
Text in Spanish, Latin, and Nahuatl.
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. 258, 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
1340488106
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