• Sermonario en Pokonchí : manuscript, [between 1775 and 1825].

Format:

• Manuscript
• Book

Date:

• [between 1775 and 1825].

Subject:

• Pokonchi Indians—Guatemala—Religion
• Pokonchi language—Texts
• Sermons—Guatemala
• Indigenous Studies

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9939175183506421

Call number:

• C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 234)

Extent:

• 1 v. (377 leaves) : paper ; 21 x 15 cm.

Spatial:

• Guatemala

Relation:

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

Text language:

• Text in Pokonchi.

Binding note:

• In a soft vellum case incorrectly entitled: Manuscrito de la Doctrina Christiana en lengua Kachiquel, mandada por Arzobispo Marroquin."

Provenance:

• Belonged to Gustav Kanter, at Nenton; later acquired by William Gates (purchased from Kanter); 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:

• 1775-01-01T00:00:00Z/1825-12-31T23:59:59Z

Abstract:

• Collection of sermons. Almost complete, a few leaves lost at the end.

Identifier:

• ark:/88435/dc4q77g372h

Location:

• Special Collections C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 234)

Exhibit Tags:

• Poqomchi’

Genre:

• Manuscripts, Maya 18th century.
• Sermons Guatemala 18th century.
• Paper.
• Vellum bindings
• manuscripts (documents)