• Explicacion de la doctrina christiana en lengua quecchi : manuscript, [1798].

Collections:
  • Mesoamerican Manuscripts
  • Indigenous Cultures
Format:
  • Manuscript
  • Book
Date:
  • [1798].
Subject:
Language:
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Call number:
  • C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 245)
Extent:
  • 1 v. (98 leaves) : paper ; 31 x 22 cm.
Description:
  • Caption title.
Spatial:
  • Guatemala
Relation:
  • Robert Garrett Collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s
Text language:
  • K'eq'chi and Spanish in parallel columns.
Binding note:
  • Leather wrapper with ties.
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:
  • 1798-01-01T00:00:00Z
Abstract:
  • A catechism divided into five chapters, containing explanations of various aspects of faith and Christian doctrine, including the history of the Nicene Creed, the mysteries of the Holy Spirit, the creation of the angels, etc. (fols. 1r-22v). Translated into Spanish from K'eq'chi by Don Tomas Riveiro, as indicated by the inscription "Traduccion del español al quecchi por Don Tomas Riveiro Coban-República de Guatemala," on preliminary leaf. Also includes a sermon on fols. 23r-39v entitled "Sermon para el dia de San Juan Bautista, predicado el Año de 1798." The manuscript is undated. Foliation is written on both sides of the page and there are blank leaves in the middle and end, which are not foliated.
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/dcgq67k3597
Location:
  • Special Collections C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 245)
Edm rights:
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Range label:
  • Logical
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Translator:
  • Riveiro, Tomás