• Treatise in Pokonchí for teaching "Canto Llano" with musical bars : manuscript, [1595-1604].

Collections:

• Mesoamerican Manuscripts
• Indigenous Cultures

Format:

• Manuscript
• Book

Date:

• [1595-1604].

Subject:

• Pokonchi Indians—Guatemala—Music
• Pokonchi language—Texts
• Choral music—Guatemala
• Indigenous Studies
• Pen works—Guatemala—16th century
• Paper

Language:

• English

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9939167443506421

Call number:

• C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 233)

Extent:

• 1 v. (19 leaves with irregular foliation) : paper ; 16 x 11 cm.

Description:

• Title from wrapper.

Spatial:

• Guatemala

Relation:

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

Text language:

• Text in Pokonchi.

Binding note:

• Sewn, without boards.

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:

• 1595-01-01T00:00:00Z/1604-12-31T23:59:59Z

Abstract:

• Contains written music with description of the musical notes. Includes a drawing, calendar page, and notes by Dionisio de Zuniga, all written in Pokonchi, concerning a visit of the Bishop in 1603 for a confirmation; another note in 1595, and one in 1604 which states "I, Dionisio de Zuñiga, made this."

Identifier:

• ark:/88435/dc7w62fm58d

Location:

• Special Collections C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 233)

Edm rights:

• Copyright Not Evaluated

Range label:

• Logical

Creator:

• Zuniga, Dionisio de, ca. 1550-ca. 1620

Author:

• Zuniga, Dionisio de, ca. 1550-ca. 1620

Available online:

• library.princeton.edu