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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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1. Hacienda de Santa Barbara (Tlaxcala, Mexico) records, 1553-1802.

Date:: 1553-1802.
Exhibit Tags:: Nahuatl

2. Chilam Balam Texts, [ca. 1850-1860].

Date:: [ca. 1850-1860].
Text language:: Text in Yucatec with some Spanish.
Exhibit Tags:: Chilam Balam Yucatec

3. Maya painted bowl, [between 700 and 899].

Date:: [between 700 and 899].
Exhibit Tags:: Object Glyph Ceramic

4. Orthografia en lengua Eêcchî, traducida por José Domingo Coy, en la Ciudad de Cobán año 1870 : manuscript, 1870.

Date:: 1870.
Text language:: Text in K'eq'chi with some Spanish.

5. Proclama en lengua Sotzil : manuscript, [19--].

Date:: [19--].
Text language:: Tzotzil and Spanish on opposite pages.
Exhibit Tags:: Tzotzil

6. Will of Matteo Eossibel, 1776 June 7.

Date:: 1776 June 7.
Text language:: Text in K'iche'.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

7. Kekchi documentos : Guatemala, [ca. 1540].

Date:: [ca. 1540].
Text language:: Text in K'eq'chi and Spanish.

8. Will of Diego MaChaa, 1768 Mar. 12.

Date:: 1768 Mar. 12.
Text language:: Text in K'iche'.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

9. Zakicoxol : manuscript, [1800-1824?].

Date:: [1800-1824?].
Text language:: Text in K'iche' and Spanish.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’Plays

10. Deed of sale for land : Ebtún, Mexico, [1869 Feb. 21].

Date:: [1869 Feb. 21].
Text language:: Text in Yucatec; with some Spanish.
Exhibit Tags:: Yucatec

11. Probanca executorio : manuscript, [between 1600 and 1650].

Date:: [between 1600 and 1650].
Text language:: Text in K'ich'e.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

12. Noticia de varias plantas y sus virtudes : typescript, [19--].

Date:: [19--].
Text language:: Text in Spanish with some Yucatec.
Exhibit Tags:: Yucatec

13. Codex cuara, [16--?].

Date:: [16--?].
Text language:: Text in Tarascan.
Exhibit Tags:: Tarascan

14. Spanish-Tzutuhil dictionary and other texts: manuscript, [17--].

Date:: [17--].
Text language:: Texts in Tzutuhil and Spanish.
Exhibit Tags:: music

15. Choral music miscellany : manuscript, 1635.

Date:: 1635.
Text language:: Text in Spanish, Latin, and Nahuatl.
Exhibit Tags:: Nahuatl music

16. Will of Franco Ernandes, 1776 May 11.

Date:: 1776 May 11.
Text language:: Text in K'iche'.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

17. Will, [17--].

Date:: [17--].
Text language:: Text in K'iche'.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

18. Sermones en Quiché : manuscript, [16--].

Date:: [16--].
Text language:: Text in K'iche' and Spanish.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

19. Bocabularia en lengua Quiche y Castellana : manuscript, [17--].

Date:: [17--].
Text language:: Text in K'iche' and Spanish.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

20. Title of the Tamub : manuscript, [1812 Sept. 2].

Date:: [1812 Sept. 2].
Text language:: Text in K'iche'.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

21. Titulos de los señores del Reino del Quichè : manuscript, [1501-1781?].

Date:: [1501-1781?].
Text language:: Texts in K'iche' and Spanish.
Exhibit Tags:: Titulos K’iche’

22. Caste War letter from Benancio Puc to Jose Maria Chan, Juan Bautista Tun, and Remihio Hau, [1850].

Date:: [1850].
Text language:: Text in Yucatec and Spanish.
Exhibit Tags:: Yucatec

23. Deed of sale for land : Ticul, Yucatán, [1798 Jan. 23].

Date:: [1798 Jan. 23].
Text language:: Text in Spanish with some Yucatec.
Exhibit Tags:: Yucatec

24. Document concerning the sale of lands, 1775 July 5.

Date:: 1775 July 5.
Text language:: Text in K'iche'.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

25. The Dresden Codex / reproduced from tracings of the original, colorings finished by hand, by William Gates.

Date:: 1932

26. Sermones : manuscript, [1700].

Date:: [1700].
Text language:: Text in Pokonchi.
Exhibit Tags:: Q’eqchi’

27. Ritual of the bacabs : manuscript, [between 1775 and 1800].

Date:: [between 1775 and 1800].
Text language:: Text in Yucatec.
Exhibit Tags:: Yucatec

28. Doctrina en Quiché : manuscript, [1800].

Date:: [1800].
Text language:: Text in K'iche'.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

29. Doctrina en Quichè : manuscript, [187-?].

Date:: [187-?].
Text language:: Text in K'iche', Spanish, and Latin.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

30. Appellidos en Lengua Maya, Sacados de Documentos Publìcos del Departamento de Mérida, certificados por los Párrocos, [between 1800 and 1850].

Date:: [between 1800 and 1850].
Text language:: Text in Spanish and Yucatec.
Exhibit Tags:: Yucatec

31. [Essays]

Date:: 1525-1575
Text language:: Spanish;

32. Caste War letter from Captain Sebastian Tus and Clemente Coba to Jose Gregorio Gala, Antonio Garsia, and Nicholas Baeza, [1849 Nov. 26].

Date:: [1849 Nov. 26].
Text language:: Text in Yucatec.
Exhibit Tags:: Yucatec

33. Will of Pablo Eohom, 1762 Nov. 29.

Date:: 1762 Nov. 29.
Text language:: Text in K'iche'.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

34. Caste War letter from Florentino Chan and Benancio Pec to Jose Antonio Garcia in Valladolid, [1849 Nov. 29].

Date:: [1849 Nov. 29].
Text language:: Text in Yucatec.
Exhibit Tags:: Yucatec

35. Ordínanzas de la confradía de Santa Vera Cruz en Totonicapán : manuscript, [17--].

Date:: [17--].
Text language:: Text in K'iche' with Spanish translation (in successive paragraphs).
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

36. Arte de la lenqua Pokonchí : manuscript, [between 1700 and 1750].

Date:: [between 1700 and 1750].
Text language:: Text in Pokonchi.
Exhibit Tags:: Poqomchi’

37. Maya glyph on shell, [between 600 and 799].

Date:: [between 600 and 799].
Text language:: Text in Maya.
Exhibit Tags:: Glyph Object Shell

38. Caste War letter from Jacinto Pat to Jose Munigo Vasquez, [1848 Oct. 24].

Date:: [1848 Oct. 24].
Text language:: Text in Yucatec.
Exhibit Tags:: Yucatec

39. Caste War letter from Jose Albino May to Comandante Francisco Puc in Chan Chen, [ca. 1850].

Date:: [ca. 1850].
Text language:: Text in Yucatec.
Exhibit Tags:: Yucatec

40. Deed of sale for land by Francisco Santzin to Miguel Belasco : Totonicapán, Guatemala, [1696 Jan. 6].

Date:: [1696 Jan. 6].
Text language:: Text in K'iche' and Spanish.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

41. Declaration of land : Valladolid, Yucatàn, [1824 Oct. 9].

Date:: [1824 Oct. 9].
Text language:: Text in Spanish with some Yucatec.
Exhibit Tags:: Yucatec

42. Maya conch shell, 761.

Date:: 761.
Exhibit Tags:: Object Shell Glyph

43. Theologia Indorum : manuscript, [15--].

Date:: [15--].
Text language:: Text in K'iche', Kaqchikel and Tzutuhil.
Exhibit Tags:: Theologia Indorum K’iche’Kaqchikel

44. Book of the Chilam Balam of Chumayel, [between 1775 and 1800].

Date:: [between 1775 and 1800].
Text language:: Text in Yucatec with some Spanish.
Exhibit Tags:: Chilam Balam Yucatec

45. Nabe Tihonic : manuscript, [1800].

Date:: [1800].
Text language:: Text in K'iche' with some Latin and Spanish.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

46. Deed of sale for land : Valladolid, Yucatàn, [1824 Oct. 19].

Date:: [1824 Oct. 19].
Text language:: Text in Spanish; with some Yucatec.
Exhibit Tags:: Yucatec

47. Tlaxcala legal documents, 1694-1843.

Date:: 1694-1843.
Text language:: Texts in Nahuatl and Spanish.
Exhibit Tags:: Nahuatl

48. Arte Quichè : manuscript, 1753.

Date:: 1753.
Text language:: Text in K'iche' and Spanish.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’Kaqchikel Tz'utujil

49. Deed of sale for land : Chemax, Yucatàn, [1835, July 4].

Date:: [1835, July 4].
Text language:: Text in Spanish with some Yucatec.
Exhibit Tags:: Yucatec

50. Catecismos pictóricos otomíes : manuscript, 1837.

Date:: 1837.
Text language:: Texts in Otomí and Spanish.
Exhibit Tags:: Otomí

51. Deed of sale for land from Juan Vicente Santiago : Momostenango, Guatemala, [1812 Oct. 29].

Date:: [1812 Oct. 29].
Text language:: Text in K'iche' and Spanish.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

52. Traducese al Romance castellano, la Relación Mercuriana de la admirable Aparición de nuestra señora la Virgen Maria que esta en la lengua Mexicana Genuina : manuscript, 1709-1718.

Date:: 1709-1718.
Text language:: Texts in Spanish and Nahuatl.
Exhibit Tags:: Nahuatl Plays

53. Land sale by Velasco Xantzin, [1808 May 29].

Date:: [1808 May 29].
Text language:: Text in K'iche' and Spanish.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

54. Will of Pedro Cuc, 1769 Sept. 4.

Date:: 1769 Sept. 4.
Text language:: Text in K'iche'.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

55. Sale of land for Pablo Tatul, 1787 Apr. 23.

Date:: 1787 Apr. 23.
Text language:: Text in K'iche'.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

56. Will of Martin Quexana, 1771 Apr. 16.

Date:: 1771 Apr. 16.
Text language:: Text in K'iche'.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

57. Diccionario grande de la lengua Tzotzil : manuscript, [19--].

Date:: [19--].
Text language:: Text in Tzotzil.
Exhibit Tags:: Tzotzil

58. Will of Sebastian Toh, 1776 Mar. 25.

Date:: 1776 Mar. 25.
Text language:: Text in K'iche'.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

59. Aztec map on deerskin, [15--].

Date:: [15--].
Text language:: Text in Nahuatl.
Exhibit Tags:: Nahuatl Maps

60. Breve Tratado de Doctrina Christiana puesto en lengua mexicana por Fr. N [ ] de la R. Observancia de N.S.P.S. Francisco para mayor entendimiento de aquellos que con Sancto fervor y apostolico amor se dedican a iluminar con los fulgores de la Fe, a los Naturales de este Nuevo Reyno [missing line] convento de S. Bernardina, Taxco, en el año 1774 : manuscript, 1774.

Date:: 1774.
Text language:: Texts in Spanish and Nahuatl.
Exhibit Tags:: Nahuatl

61. Land grant to Juan Basquez Sik' : Totonicapán, Guatemala, [1779 Oct. 4].

Date:: [1779 Oct. 4].
Text language:: Text in K'iche' and Spanish.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

62. Title to land : Valladolid, Yucatán, [1789 Oct. 9].

Date:: [1789 Oct. 9].
Text language:: Text in Yucatec with some Spanish.
Exhibit Tags:: Yucatec

63. Deed of sale for land from Antonio Q'an : Totonicapán, Guatemala, [1808 Apr. 25].

Date:: [1808 Apr. 25].
Text language:: Text in K'iche' and Spanish.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

64. Maya legal documents, 1686-1849.

Date:: 1686-1849.
Text language:: Texts in Yucatec and Spanish.
Exhibit Tags:: Yucatec

65. Caste War letter from Florentino Chan and Benancio Pec to Jose Antonio Garcia in Valladolid, [1849 Dec. 5].

Date:: [1849 Dec. 5].
Text language:: Text in Yucatec.
Exhibit Tags:: Yucatec

66. Deed of sale for land by Joseph and Juan Chi : Ticul, Mexico, [1712 Mar. 13].

Date:: [1712 Mar. 13].
Text language:: Text in Yucatec and Spanish.
Exhibit Tags:: Yucatec

67. Discursos antiquos : manuscript, [1803].

Date:: [1803].
Text language:: Text in K'iche' and Spanish.
Exhibit Tags:: Theologia Indorum K’iche’

68. Deed of sale for land : Calotmul, Yucatan, [1827 Apr. 30].

Date:: [1827 Apr. 30].
Text language:: Text in Spanish; with some Yucatec.
Exhibit Tags:: Yucatec

69. Quichè phrase book fragment : manuscript, [1892-1900].

Date:: [1892-1900].
Text language:: Written in two columns, Spanish ("En castellano") left; and K'iche', right.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

70. Titulos primordiales de la Hacienda de Buena Vista (alias La Archicofradía) : manuscripts, 1672-1777.

Date:: 1672-1777.
Exhibit Tags:: Titulos Maps

71. Will of Sebastian Pio, 1762 Apr. 8.

Date:: 1762 Apr. 8.
Text language:: Text in K'iche'.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

72. Transcriptions of legal documents concerning the land and property of Domingo Matias Sateliz of Guatemala, [1750-1774].

Date:: 1750-1774
Text language:: Text in K'iche' and Spanish.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

73. Document on behalf of Sebastian Lopez, 1776 Apr. 23.

Date:: 1776 Apr. 23.
Text language:: Text in K'iche'.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

74. Libro de confradía de San Nicolás : manuscript, 1663-1852.

Date:: 1663-1852.
Text language:: Text in K'iche' with some Spanish.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

75. Mexican Indian Pictorial Manuscript, [1890-1910?].

Date:: [1890-1910?].

76. Document on behalf of Franco. Cuxum, 1766 Apr. 29.

Date:: 1766 Apr. 29.
Text language:: Text in K'iche'.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

77. Zapotec text on bone.

Text language:: Text in Zapotec.
Exhibit Tags:: Zapotec

78. Caste War letter from Francisco Cob [Cab?] to Marselino Pas, priest in Tihosuco, [ca. 1848].

Date:: [ca. 1848].
Text language:: Text in Yucatec.
Exhibit Tags:: Yucatec

79. Vocabulario en lengua castellana y [ ] mal teca que se llama cakchequel chi. : manuscript, [15--].

Date:: [15--].
Text language:: Text in Kaqchikel and Spanish.

80. Land grant to Pedro Baquiax : Totonicapán, Guatemala, [1773 Dec. 11].

Date:: [1773 Dec. 11].
Text language:: Text in K'iche' and Spanish.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

81. Deed of sale for land by Ramon Gutieres to Antonio Pax : Totonicapán, Guatemala, [1762 Aug. 27].

Date:: [1762 Aug. 27].
Text language:: Text in K'iche' and Spanish.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

82. Land grant to Ysabel Xchak'chal, wife of Francisco Lopez Cutz : Totonicapán, Guatemala, [1766 Oct. 17].

Date:: [1766 Oct. 17].
Text language:: Text in K'iche' and Spanish.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

83. Will of Pablo Rojas, 1760 Oct. 26.

Date:: 1760 Oct. 26.
Text language:: Text in K'iche'.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

84. Deed of sale for land : Kanxoc, Yucatán, [1811 Oct. 16].

Date:: [1811 Oct. 16].
Text language:: In Yucatec; with some Spanish.
Exhibit Tags:: Yucatec

85. Caste War letter from Reynundo Chi to Jose N. Baesa in Tixcacalcupul, [1849 Nov. 22].

Date:: [1849 Nov. 22].
Text language:: Text in Yucatec.
Exhibit Tags:: Yucatec

86. Dominican miscellany in K'iche' and Spanish : manuscript, [between 1700 and 1750].

Date:: [between 1700 and 1750].
Text language:: Text in K'iche' and Spanish.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

87. Caste War letter from Juan Pio Poot to Jose Gregorio Gala, Antonio Garcia, and Nicolas Ballesa [sic] in Valladolid, [ca. 1849].

Date:: [ca. 1849].
Text language:: Text in Yucatec.
Exhibit Tags:: Yucatec

88. Will of Miguel Tavico, 1772 June 1.

Date:: 1772 June 1.
Text language:: Text in K'iche'.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

89. Document concerning the boundaries of certain districts, 1777 Feb. 27.

Date:: 1777 Feb. 27.
Text language:: Text in K'iche'.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

90. Aztec map with glyphs.

Exhibit Tags:: Maps

91. Caste War letter from Captain Sebastian Tus and Captain Isidoro Tus to Jose Gregorio Gala, Antonio Garsia, and Jose N. Baeza : Cancunul, Yucatán, [1849 Nov. 26].

Date:: [1849 Nov. 26].
Text language:: Text in Yucatec.
Exhibit Tags:: Yucatec

92. Will of Mauel Sis, 1773 May 12.

Date:: 1773 May 12.
Text language:: Text in K'iche'.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

93. Will of Jacinto Basques, 1768 Jan. 30.

Date:: 1768 Jan. 30.
Text language:: Text in K'iche'.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

94. Document on the division of property, 1768 June 14.

Date:: 1768 June 14.
Text language:: Text in K'iche'.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

95. Doctrina en Quichè : manuscript, [18--].

Date:: [18--].
Text language:: Text in K'iche' and Spanish.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

96. Will of Thomas Osorio, 1763 Nov. 5.

Date:: 1763 Nov. 5.
Text language:: Text in K'iche'.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

97. Will of Pablo Garcia, 1773.

Date:: 1773.
Text language:: Text in K'iche'.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

98. Sermones : manuscript, [between 1600 and 1625].

Date:: [between 1600 and 1625].
Text language:: Text in Pokonchi.
Exhibit Tags:: Poqomchi’

99. Codex Pérez : manuscript, [1877].

Date:: [1877].
Text language:: Text in Yucatec with some Spanish.
Exhibit Tags:: Chilam Balam Yucatec

100. Will of Joseph Chen, 1768 Apr. 7.

Date:: 1768 Apr. 7.
Text language:: Text in K'iche'.
Exhibit Tags:: K’iche’

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