• Doctrina Christiano en lengua kekchi : manuscript, 1905.

Collections:

• Mesoamerican Manuscripts
• Indigenous Cultures

Format:

• Manuscript
• Book

Date:

• 1905.

Subject:

• Kekchi Indians—Religion
• Kekchi language—Texts
• Indigenous Studies
• Paper

Language:

• English

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9939208343506421

Call number:

• C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 248)

Extent:

• 1 v. (14 leaves) : paper ; 17 x 11 cm.

Description:

• Title from fol. 14r.

Spatial:

• Guatemala

Relation:

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

Text language:

• Text in K'eq'chi and Spanish.

Binding note:

• Sewn.

Provenance:

• Includes the inscription "Copiado este Cuaderno de la Doctrina Cristiano en lengua kekchi. Chamelco, Febrero 17 de 1905. propoedad de J. Ma. Botzoc," written on fol 14r. 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:

• 1905-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abstract:

• Manuscript copy of a collection of common Christian prayers in K'eq'chi, with some headings written in Spanish, including "El Ave Maria," "El Credo," "La Salve Regina," "Articulos de la fe," etc. Also includes a typed transcription.

Identifier:

• ark:/88435/dct148fv560

Location:

• Special Collections C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 248)

Edm rights:

• Copyright Not Evaluated

Range label:

• Logical

Available online:

• library.princeton.edu