• Codex Pérez : manuscript, [1877].

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• Mesoamerican Manuscripts
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Format:

• Manuscript
• Book

Date:

• [1877].

Subject:

• Maya language—Texts
• Paper

Language:

• Mayan languages

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9939284263506421

Extent:

• 1 v. (70 leaves) : paper, ill. ; 35 x 25 cm.

Type:

• Paper
• Texts

Title sort:

• Codex Pérez : manuscript, [1877].

Alternative:

• Códice Pérez

Spatial:

• Mexico

Text language:

• Text in Yucatec with some Spanish.

Binding note:

• Consists of 7 unbound fascicles.

Provenance:

• Probably the personal fair copy of Crescencio Carrillo y Ancona, copied in late 1877.

Source acquisition:

• unknown.

Created:

• 1877-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abstract:

• An anthology containing excerpts from the Books of Chilam Balam of Maní and Oxkutzcab, tables of native and Christian calendars, prophecies, astrological almanacs, and history. The manuscript is complete, comprising both the whole of the Pérez transcription and the annotations added by Carrillo y Ancona between 1868 and 1877. The manuscript is divided into three parts. Part I contains correlations of Maya and Christian dates with prognostications based on Maya and European astrology. Part II is chiefly devoted to prophecy and historical chronicles, including the Maní Chronicle. Part III contains various almanacs, prophecies, and calendar data, plus the Maní land treaty of 1557. Also includes illustrations and Maya hieroglyphs.

Identifier:

• ark:/88435/dcr781ws493

Edm rights:

• Copyright Not Evaluated

Range label:

• Logical

Contributor:

• Pérez, Juan Pío, 1798-1859
• Carrillo y Ancona, Crescencio, 1837-1897

Exhibit Tags:

• Chilam Balam
• Yucatec