• Teologia Indorum : manuscript, [15--].

Collections:
  • Mesoamerican Manuscripts
  • Robert Garrett
  • Digitized Manuscripts
  • Collections Donated to Princeton University Library
  • Indigenous Cultures
Format:
  • Manuscript
  • Book
Date:
  • [15--].
Subject:
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Call number:
  • C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 178)
  • Electronic Resource
Extent:
  • 1 v. (144 leaves) : paper ; 22 x 16 cm.
Type:
  • Paper
  • Texts
Title sort:
  • Teologia Indorum : manuscript, [15--].
Spatial:
  • Guatemala
Relation:
  • Robert Garrett Collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s
Text language:
  • Text in K'iche' and Latin.
Binding note:
  • Parchment wrapper.
Provenance:
  • Discovered in the town of Cunén; later acquired by William E. 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:
  • Incomplete ms. beginning on p. 3, possibly in the hand of Domingo de Vico, containing Christian lessons drawn from the lives of the saints and the New Testament, with explanations of Christian concepts (virtue, prudence, etc.). Paper damaged with loss of text, with 19th-century pagination.
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/707958935
Location:
  • HSVM C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 178)
  • HSVM Electronic Resource
  • ELF1 C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 178)
  • ELF1 Electronic Resource
Edm rights:
  • No Known Copyright
Creator:
  • Vico, Domingo de, 1485-1555
Author:
  • Vico, Domingo de, 1485-1555
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