Mesoamerican Manuscripts at Princeton is a digital portal that provides access to nearly 300 manuscripts, documents, and artifacts spanning twelve centuries of recorded history. Some 15 languages are represented with particular strengths in K’iche’, Yucatec, and Nahuatl. For a history and description of the collections, see the About section.
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- Date:
- 1553-1802.
- Exhibit Tags:
- Nahuatl
- Date:
- [ca. 1850-1860].
- Text language:
- Text in Yucatec with some Spanish.
- Exhibit Tags:
- Chilam BalamYucatec
- Date:
- 1870.
- Text language:
- Text in K'eq'chi with some Spanish.
- Date:
- [19--].
- Text language:
- Tzotzil and Spanish on opposite pages.
- Exhibit Tags:
- Tzotzil
- Date:
- 1776 June 7.
- Text language:
- Text in K'iche'.
- Exhibit Tags:
- K’iche’
- Date:
- [ca. 1540].
- Text language:
- Text in K'eq'chi and Spanish.
- Date:
- 1768 Mar. 12.
- Text language:
- Text in K'iche'.
- Exhibit Tags:
- K’iche’
- Date:
- [1800-1824?].
- Text language:
- Text in K'iche' and Spanish.
- Exhibit Tags:
- K’iche’Plays
- Date:
- [1869 Feb. 21].
- Text language:
- Text in Yucatec; with some Spanish.
- Exhibit Tags:
- Yucatec
- Date:
- [between 1600 and 1650].
- Text language:
- Text in K'ich'e.
- Exhibit Tags:
- K’iche’
- Date:
- [19--].
- Text language:
- Text in Spanish with some Yucatec.
- Exhibit Tags:
- Yucatec
- Date:
- [16--?].
- Text language:
- Text in Tarascan.
- Exhibit Tags:
- Tarascan
- Date:
- [17--].
- Text language:
- Texts in Tzutuhil and Spanish.
- Exhibit Tags:
- music
- Date:
- 1635.
- Text language:
- Text in Spanish, Latin, and Nahuatl.
- Exhibit Tags:
- Nahuatlmusic
- Date:
- 1776 May 11.
- Text language:
- Text in K'iche'.
- Exhibit Tags:
- K’iche’
- Date:
- [17--].
- Text language:
- Text in K'iche'.
- Exhibit Tags:
- K’iche’
- Date:
- [16--].
- Text language:
- Text in K'iche' and Spanish.
- Exhibit Tags:
- K’iche’
- Date:
- [17--].
- Text language:
- Text in K'iche' and Spanish.
- Exhibit Tags:
- K’iche’
- Date:
- [1812 Sept. 2].
- Text language:
- Text in K'iche'.
- Exhibit Tags:
- K’iche’
- Date:
- [1501-1781?].
- Text language:
- Texts in K'iche' and Spanish.
- Exhibit Tags:
- TitulosK’iche’
- Date:
- [1850].
- Text language:
- Text in Yucatec and Spanish.
- Exhibit Tags:
- Yucatec
- Date:
- [1798 Jan. 23].
- Text language:
- Text in Spanish with some Yucatec.
- Exhibit Tags:
- Yucatec
- Date:
- 1775 July 5.
- Text language:
- Text in K'iche'.
- Exhibit Tags:
- K’iche’
- Date:
- [1700].
- Text language:
- Text in Pokonchi.
- Exhibit Tags:
- Q’eqchi’
- Date:
- [between 1775 and 1800].
- Text language:
- Text in Yucatec.
- Exhibit Tags:
- Yucatec
- Date:
- [1800].
- Text language:
- Text in K'iche'.
- Exhibit Tags:
- K’iche’
- Date:
- [187-?].
- Text language:
- Text in K'iche', Spanish, and Latin.
- Exhibit Tags:
- K’iche’
- Date:
- [between 1800 and 1850].
- Text language:
- Text in Spanish and Yucatec.
- Exhibit Tags:
- Yucatec
- Date:
- 1525-1575
- Text language:
- Spanish;
- Date:
- [1849 Nov. 26].
- Text language:
- Text in Yucatec.
- Exhibit Tags:
- Yucatec
- Date:
- 1762 Nov. 29.
- Text language:
- Text in K'iche'.
- Exhibit Tags:
- K’iche’
- Date:
- [1849 Nov. 29].
- Text language:
- Text in Yucatec.
- Exhibit Tags:
- Yucatec
- Date:
- [17--].
- Text language:
- Text in K'iche' with Spanish translation (in successive paragraphs).
- Exhibit Tags:
- K’iche’
- Date:
- [between 1700 and 1750].
- Text language:
- Text in Pokonchi.
- Exhibit Tags:
- Poqomchi’
- Date:
- 1565 Aug. 14.
- Text language:
- Text in K'eq'chi and Spanish.
- Exhibit Tags:
- TitulosPoqomchi’
- Date:
- [between 1675 and 1699].
- Text language:
- Text in Pokonchi.
- Exhibit Tags:
- Poqomchi’
- Date:
- [1855].
- Text language:
- Text in Nahuatl.
- Exhibit Tags:
- NahuatlMaps
- Date:
- 1571-1617.
- Text language:
- Texts in Nahuatl and Spanish.
- Exhibit Tags:
- Nahuatl
- Date:
- [1800].
- Text language:
- Text in K'iche', with some headings in Spanish.
- Exhibit Tags:
- K’iche’
- Date:
- [between 600 and 799].
- Text language:
- Text in Maya.
- Exhibit Tags:
- GlyphObjectShell
- Date:
- 1773 May 26.
- Text language:
- Text in K'iche'.
- Exhibit Tags:
- K’iche’
- Date:
- [1798].
- Text language:
- Text in Spanish with some Yucatec.
- Exhibit Tags:
- Yucatec
- Date:
- [17--].
- Text language:
- Text in K'iche' and Spanish.
- Exhibit Tags:
- K’iche’
- Date:
- [1797 Dec. 25].
- Text language:
- Text in K'iche' and Spanish.
- Exhibit Tags:
- K’iche’
- Date:
- 1572-1833
- Exhibit Tags:
- Nahuatl
- Date:
- [1726-1727].
- Text language:
- K'iche' and Spanish.
- Exhibit Tags:
- K’iche’
- Date:
- [1848 Oct. 24].
- Text language:
- Text in Yucatec.
- Exhibit Tags:
- Yucatec
- Date:
- [ca. 1850].
- Text language:
- Text in Yucatec.
- Exhibit Tags:
- Yucatec
- Date:
- [1696 Jan. 6].
- Text language:
- Text in K'iche' and Spanish.
- Exhibit Tags:
- K’iche’
- Date:
- [1824 Oct. 9].
- Text language:
- Text in Spanish with some Yucatec.
- Exhibit Tags:
- Yucatec
- Date:
- 1767 Feb. 1.
- Text language:
- Text in K'iche'.
- Exhibit Tags:
- K’iche’
- Date:
- 1768 Feb. 11.
- Text language:
- Text in K'iche'.
- Exhibit Tags:
- K’iche’
- Date:
- [1798].
- Text language:
- Texts in Latin and Yucatec.
- Exhibit Tags:
- Yucatec
- Date:
- 1871.
- Text language:
- Text in Spanish, Nahuatl, and some Latin.
- Exhibit Tags:
- Nahuatl
- Date:
- [between 1632 and 1662].
- Text language:
- Texts in Otomí and Spanish.
- Exhibit Tags:
- Otomí
- Date:
- 1751.
- Text language:
- Latin.
- Date:
- [1695 Nov. 25].
- Text language:
- Text in K'iche' and Spanish.
- Exhibit Tags:
- K’iche’
- Date:
- [1851 June 19].
- Text language:
- Text in Spanish; with some Yucatec.
- Exhibit Tags:
- Yucatec
- Date:
- [1665 Aug. 2].
- Text language:
- Text in Yucatec with some Spanish.
- Exhibit Tags:
- Yucatec
- Date:
- 1773 Apr. 12.
- Text language:
- Text in K'iche'.
- Exhibit Tags:
- K’iche’
- Date:
- [1768 May 16].
- Text language:
- Text in Yucatec; with some Spanish.
- Exhibit Tags:
- Yucatec
- Date:
- 1742.
- Text language:
- Text in Spanish with some Latin.
- Date:
- 1777 Mar. 13.
- Text language:
- Text in K'iche'.
- Exhibit Tags:
- K’iche’
- Date:
- [between 1775 and 1800].
- Text language:
- Text in Yucatec with some Spanish.
- Exhibit Tags:
- Chilam BalamYucatec
- Date:
- [1800].
- Text language:
- Text in K'iche' with some Latin and Spanish.
- Exhibit Tags:
- K’iche’
- Date:
- [1824 Oct. 19].
- Text language:
- Text in Spanish; with some Yucatec.
- Exhibit Tags:
- Yucatec
- Date:
- 1694-1843.
- Text language:
- Texts in Nahuatl and Spanish.
- Exhibit Tags:
- Nahuatl
- Date:
- [1835, July 4].
- Text language:
- Text in Spanish with some Yucatec.
- Exhibit Tags:
- Yucatec
- Date:
- 1837.
- Text language:
- Texts in Otomí and Spanish.
- Exhibit Tags:
- Otomí
- Date:
- [1812 Oct. 29].
- Text language:
- Text in K'iche' and Spanish.
- Exhibit Tags:
- K’iche’
- Date:
- 1709-1718.
- Text language:
- Texts in Spanish and Nahuatl.
- Exhibit Tags:
- NahuatlPlays
- Date:
- [1808 May 29].
- Text language:
- Text in K'iche' and Spanish.
- Exhibit Tags:
- K’iche’
- Date:
- 1769 Sept. 4.
- Text language:
- Text in K'iche'.
- Exhibit Tags:
- K’iche’
- Date:
- 1787 Apr. 23.
- Text language:
- Text in K'iche'.
- Exhibit Tags:
- K’iche’
- Date:
- 1771 Apr. 16.
- Text language:
- Text in K'iche'.
- Exhibit Tags:
- K’iche’
- Date:
- [19--].
- Text language:
- Text in Tzotzil.
- Exhibit Tags:
- Tzotzil
- Date:
- 1776 Mar. 25.
- Text language:
- Text in K'iche'.
- Exhibit Tags:
- K’iche’
- Date:
- [15--].
- Text language:
- Text in Nahuatl.
- Exhibit Tags:
- NahuatlMaps
- Date:
- 1774.
- Text language:
- Texts in Spanish and Nahuatl.
- Exhibit Tags:
- Nahuatl
- Date:
- [1779 Oct. 4].
- Text language:
- Text in K'iche' and Spanish.
- Exhibit Tags:
- K’iche’
- Date:
- [1789 Oct. 9].
- Text language:
- Text in Yucatec with some Spanish.
- Exhibit Tags:
- Yucatec
- Date:
- [1808 Apr. 25].
- Text language:
- Text in K'iche' and Spanish.
- Exhibit Tags:
- K’iche’
- Date:
- 1686-1849.
- Text language:
- Texts in Yucatec and Spanish.
- Exhibit Tags:
- Yucatec
- Date:
- [1849 Dec. 5].
- Text language:
- Text in Yucatec.
- Exhibit Tags:
- Yucatec
- Date:
- [1712 Mar. 13].
- Text language:
- Text in Yucatec and Spanish.
- Exhibit Tags:
- Yucatec
- Date:
- [1827 Apr. 30].
- Text language:
- Text in Spanish; with some Yucatec.
- Exhibit Tags:
- Yucatec
- Date:
- [1892-1900].
- Text language:
- Written in two columns, Spanish ("En castellano") left; and K'iche', right.
- Exhibit Tags:
- K’iche’
- Date:
- 1762 Apr. 8.
- Text language:
- Text in K'iche'.
- Exhibit Tags:
- K’iche’
- Date:
- 1750-1774
- Text language:
- Text in K'iche' and Spanish.
- Exhibit Tags:
- K’iche’
