• Sotuta A : manuscript, [between 1875 and 1900].

Format:

• Manuscript
• Book

Date:

• [between 1875 and 1900].

Subject:

• Materia medica, Vegetable—Mexico—19th century
• Medicinal plants—Mexico—19th century
• Mayas—Medicine
• Maya language—Texts
• Indigenous Studies

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9934805933506421

Call number:

• C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 11)

Extent:

• 13 leaves with old pagination (p. 1-25, [26]) : paper ; 31 x 21 cm.

Spatial:

• Mexico

Relation:

• Robert Garrett Collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s

Text language:

• Texts in Spanish, with some Yucatec.

Binding note:

• In cloth box.

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:

• 1875-01-01T00:00:00Z/1900-12-31T23:59:59Z

Abstract:

• Medical-botanical manuscript. Contains prescriptions/recipes for the use of plants in medical remedies and treatments. The manuscript is written in Spanish, containing only the Mayan plant names where necessary for identification.

Identifier:

• ark:/88435/7h149s633

Location:

• Special Collections C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 11)

Exhibit Tags:

• Yucatec

Genre:

• Formulas, recipes, etc.
• Manuscripts, Spanish 19th century.
• Paper.
• manuscripts (documents)