• Dominican miscellany in K'iche' and Spanish : manuscript, [between 1700 and 1750].

Collections:
  • Mesoamerican Manuscripts
  • Indigenous Cultures
Format:
  • Manuscript
  • Book
Date:
  • [between 1700 and 1750].
Subject:
Language:
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Call number:
  • C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 165)
Extent:
  • 46 leaves : paper ; 21 x 15 cm.
Description:
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
Relation:
  • Robert Garrett Collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s
Text language:
  • Text in K'iche' and Spanish.
Binding note:
  • Quarter calf with marbled boards.
Provenance:
  • Bookplates of Brasseur de Bourbourg and Alphonse L. Pinart with his shelfmark "E.3/108"; 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:
  • Brasseur de Bourbourg, abbé, 1814-1874
  • Pinart, Alphonse L. (Alphonse Louis), 1852-1911
  • Gates, William, 1863-1940
Created:
  • 1700-01-01T00:00:00Z/1750-12-31T23:59:59Z
Abstract:
  • Sermons, blessings, and other brief texts in K'iche' written by Damián Delgado and other Dominican friars of the Order of "N.P. Santo Domingo."
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/dc4t64h0508
Location:
  • Special Collections C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 165)
Edm rights:
  • No Known Copyright
Range label:
  • Logical
Creator:
  • Delgado, Damián, 18th cent
Author:
  • Delgado, Damián, 18th cent
Contents:
  • 1. (p. 1-18): [Delgado, Damián] "Compendío del arte."
  • 2. (p. 19-40): [Delgado, Damián] "Doctrina Christiana en lengua Quiché es de Fr. Damián Delgado."
  • 3. (p. 41-71): "La Mudança de Varas y Benedicion."
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