• Theologia Indorum en lengua Giche [sic] : manuscript, [15--].

Collections:
  • Mesoamerican Manuscripts
  • Robert Garrett
  • Digitized Manuscripts
  • Collections Donated to Princeton University Library
  • Indigenous Cultures
  • Patron Requests
Format:
  • Manuscript
  • Book
Date:
  • [15--].
Subject:
Language:
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Call number:
  • C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 175)
Extent:
  • 1 v. (252 leaves) : paper ; 21 x 15 cm.
Type:
  • Paper
  • Vellum bindings (Binding)
  • Texts
Description:
  • Title from spine, written in later hand (19th c.?) on reused vellum wrapper with earlier (18th c.?) spine title "Varios impresos manuscritos."
  • Incomplete, missing leaves front and back, with 19th-century pagination in black ink. Paper damaged with loss of text; title obliterated on p. 1.
Title sort:
  • Theologia Indorum en lengua Giche [sic] : manuscript, [15--].
Alternative:
  • Ms. A
  • Varios impresos manuscritos
  • Teologia Indorum
Spatial:
  • Guatemala
Relation:
  • Robert Garrett Collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s
Text language:
  • Text in K'iche' and Latin.
Binding note:
  • Vellum wrapper with leather end ties. Text block originally bound in wooden boards, remnants of original cords remain.
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.
Donor:
  • Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961
Former owner:
  • Gates, William, 1863-1940
Created:
  • 1500-01-01T00:00:00Z
Abstract:
  • Brief Christian lessons drawn from the lives of the saints and the New Testament, with explanations of Christian concepts (virtue, prudence, etc.), n.d.
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/000007425
Location:
  • HSVM C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 175)
Edm rights:
  • No Known Copyright
Range label:
  • Logical
Creator:
  • Vico, Domingo de, 1485-1555
Author:
  • Vico, Domingo de, 1485-1555
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