• Orthografia en lengua Eêcchî, traducida por José Domingo Coy, en la Ciudad de Cobán año 1870 : manuscript, 1870.

Collections:

• Mesoamerican Manuscripts
• Indigenous Cultures

Format:

• Manuscript
• Book

Date:

• 1870.

Subject:

• Kekchi language—Orthography and spelling
• Kekchi language—Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
• Kekchi language—Texts
• Indigenous Studies
• Paper

Language:

• English

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9939235223506421

Call number:

• C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 267)

Extent:

• 1 v. (16 leaves) : paper ; 21 x 13 cm.

Spatial:

• Guatemala

Relation:

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

Text language:

• Text in K'eq'chi with some Spanish.

Binding note:

• Sewn, without boards.

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:

• 1870-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abstract:

• Manuscript copy of a work on orthography of K'eq'chi, translated by "José Domingo Coy of Cobán. Together with typescript copy with commentary by William Gates stating "The original ms. of this curious little piece is in the Brinton collection. Transcript from copy made for me by Miss Breton, as above. WG - 4/1/30."

Identifier:

• ark:/88435/dcx920g907j

Location:

• Special Collections C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 267)

Edm rights:

• Copyright Not Evaluated

Available online:

• library.princeton.edu

Translator:

• Coy, José Domingo