• Lienzo Córdova-Castellanos : manuscript, [between 1900 and 1912].

Collections:
  • Mesoamerican Manuscripts
  • Robert Garrett
  • Digitized Manuscripts
  • Collections Donated to Princeton University Library
  • Indigenous Cultures
  • Patron Requests
Format:
  • Manuscript
  • Book
Date:
  • [between 1900 and 1912].
Subject:
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Call number:
  • C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 262)
Extent:
  • 1 item; 1200 x 1360 mm.
Type:
  • Tracings
  • Texts
Title sort:
  • Lienzo Córdova-Castellanos : manuscript, [between 1900 and 1912].
Alternative:
  • Codex Abraham Castellanos
Relation:
  • Robert Garrett Collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s
Text language:
  • Text in Zapotec.
Provenance:
  • The tracing was probably made for Dr. Nicolás León at an unknown date; it was purchased by William Gates from Paul Wilkinson in 1912; 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:
  • León, Nicolás, 1859-1929
  • Gates, William, 1863-1940
Created:
  • 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z/1912-12-31T23:59:59Z
Abstract:
  • A tracing (or copy) of a 16th-century Mixtec Indian lienzo from San Esteban Atlatlauhca, Oaxaca. Around the border are Mixtec place glyphs that presumably represent the boundaries of the jurisdiction of the town. Calendrical dates on the left, at the top, and near the center refer to mythological or historical events. The tracing is drawn in ink. The only color that appears is blue which appears in four places to color the heiroglyphic sign for water (at the center of the top and bottom rows and twice along the left edge).
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/cn69mc46f
Location:
  • HSVM C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 262)
Edm rights:
  • No Known Copyright
Range label:
  • Logical
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