• Spanish-Tzutuhil dictionary and other texts: manuscript, [17--].

Format:

• Manuscript
• Book

Date:

• [17--].

Subject:

• Tzutuhil language—Conversation and phrase books—Spanish
• Tzutuhil language—Dictionaries—Spanish
• Tzutuhil language—Texts
• Tzutuhil Indians—Music
• Music—Manuscripts
• Indigenous Studies

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9939546493506421

Call number:

• C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 163b)

Extent:

• 62 leaves : paper ; 21 x 15 cm.

Type:

• Dictionaries

Relation:

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

Text language:

• Texts in Tzutuhil and Spanish.

Binding note:

• Unbound sheets.

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:

• 1700-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abstract:

• Contains a Spanish-Tzutuhil dictionary and phrase book, 18th c. Text in several hands, two columns, and not in strict alphabetical order (pp. 1-114). Together with Spanish religious choral music for alto, tenor, basso. Includes "Villaçico de San Pedro" (Christmas carol for St. Peter), a second carol (untitled), and another work with text beginning "Sube triunphante Señora..." (pp. 115-122, 126-128). Also includes pen-and-ink drawings of Christian subjects, 19th c.? (pp. 124-125).

Identifier:

• ark:/88435/hh63t018k

Location:

• Special Collections C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 163b)

Exhibit Tags:

• music

Genre:

• Manuscripts, Maya 18th century.
• Pen works 19th century.
• Paper.
• Dictionaries.
• Phrase books
• Unbound sheets
• manuscripts (documents)