- Book of the Chilam Balam of Calkini : manuscript, [ca. 1821].
- Format:
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- Manuscript
- Book
- Date:
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- [ca. 1821].
- Subject:
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- Mayas—History
- Calkiní (Mexico)—History
- Indigenous Studies
- View in catalog:
- Call number:
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- C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 4)
- Extent:
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- 1 v. (15 leaves) : paper ; 21 x 15 cm.
- Description:
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- Decoration: The subtitle on p. 32 is embellished by 2 outstretched arms with hands pointing in opposite directions.
- Layout: 1 column, 25 lines.
- Alternative:
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- canul_xan_y ah Sulim_canul y ah cha cah canul ...
- Spatial:
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- Mexico
- Relation:
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- Robert Garrett Collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s
- Text language:
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- Text in Yucatec.
- Binding note:
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- In cloth box.
- Provenance:
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- 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:
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- Gift; Robert Garrett; 1949.
- Donor:
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- Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961
- Former owner:
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- Gates, William, 1863-1940
- Created:
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- 1821-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Abstract:
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- Contains a historical chronicle concerning the geographical description of the province of Ah Canul; listing of native leaders in the province and succession to office; historical account of relations among native leaders and changes in command in the last half of the 16th-century. The last folio includes the Spanish date November 20, 1821.
- Identifier:
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- ark:/88435/dc9019sc988
- Location:
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- Special Collections C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 4)
- References:
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- Cline, H. F. Guide to Ethnohistorical Sources, 1143
- Exhibit Tags:
- Genre:
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- Manuscripts, Maya 19th century.
- Paper.
- manuscripts (documents)