• Apuntes sobre algunas plantas Medicinales de Yucatan escritas por un Fraile Franciscano de Campeche : manuscript, [1820?].

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  • Mesoamerican Manuscripts
  • Indigenous Cultures
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Format:
  • Manuscript
  • Book
Date:
  • [1820?].
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Call number:
  • C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 9)
Extent:
  • 1 item (22 leaves with old pagination, p. 82-123) : paper, ill. ; 17 x 22 cm.
Description:
  • "Obsequio que me hizo el Lic. D. Rodulfo Canton de Merida en Vemery, Diciembre 1859"--Written in pen on cover.
  • "Mex. B. 9," written in pencil; oval label with "9" written in pen; circular label with "301" written in pen; rectangular label with "21239" printed; and "56" written and circled in ink, all on cover.
  • Decoration: full-page drawings (in pencil (some in red and green pencil) and watercolor) of plants on verso of each leaf.
Alternative:
  • Notes on some of the Medicinal Plants of Yucatan
Spatial:
  • Mexico
Relation:
  • Robert Garrett Collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s
Text language:
  • Text in Spanish and Yucatec with some Latin.
Binding note:
  • Sewn sheets laid inside modern cardboard covers; in cloth box.
Provenance:
  • The original manuscript was written by a Franciscan friar of Campeche about the beginning of the 19th century; was presented to Dr. Berendt by a Yucatecan friend, in Veracruz in 1859; previously owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps (Ms. 21239); later acquired 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:
  • Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872
  • Gates, William, 1863-1940
Created:
  • 1820-01-01T00:00:00Z
Abstract:
  • Contains botanical drawings with Mayan names on the recto of each leaf and descriptions of uses in Spanish on the verso. The description indicates the medical uses of each plant (use of the root to keep snakes away, etc.) and includes other data about the plant, such as aesthetic qualities, growth period, and classification. Written by a Franciscan friar of Campeche. The original ms. had at least 123 folios with herbal remedies described in alphabetical order. The manuscript was later rebound, probably in 1859, with 22 leaves extant (f. 81-84, 100-101, 107, 109, 112-114, 119-120, 123, and 3 leaves unidentified) and bound out of order.
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/dcmw22vh44r
Location:
  • Special Collections C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 9)
Edm rights:
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Range label:
  • Logical
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