• Title of the Tamub : manuscript, [1812 Sept. 2].

Collections:
  • Mesoamerican Manuscripts
  • Robert Garrett
  • Digitized Manuscripts
  • Collections Donated to Princeton University Library
  • Indigenous Cultures
Format:
  • Manuscript
  • Book
Date:
  • [1812 Sept. 2].
Subject:
Language:
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Call number:
  • C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 102)
  • Electronic Resource
Extent:
  • 1 v. (9 leaves) : paper ; 31 x 22 cm.
Type:
  • Texts
  • Paper
  • Sources
Description:
  • "Hispaniarum Rex. Carolus IV, D.G.," "Selloquarto, un quartillo, anos de mil ochocientos ties y ochocientos ties y ochocientos once," "Valga por el rey nado del S.D. Fernando VII," and "a 1811 y 1812"--Stamps, p. 1.
Title sort:
  • Title of the Tamub : manuscript, [1812 Sept. 2].
Alternative:
  • Historia Quiche
Spatial:
  • Guatemala
Relation:
  • Robert Garrett Collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s
Text language:
  • Text in K'iche'.
Binding note:
  • Sewn with red thread; in cloth case.
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:
  • 1812-01-01T00:00:00Z/0902-12-31T23:59:59Z
Abstract:
  • Ms. copy, written in an unidentified hand, probably at Totonicapán, Guatemala. The original manuscript was written by Juan de Torres, head of sub-lineage of the Tam, dated Oct. 12, 1580. Concerns the history of the Tam lineage of the Quiche from the first ancestors to the 15th century, and lists the genealogy relevant to land claims and the boundaries of those claims. This is one of the four fullest lineage histories surviving from the 16th century Quiche, and although a late copy, it is the earliest known text.
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/wp988p081
Location:
  • HSVM C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 102)
  • HSVM Electronic Resource
  • ELF1 C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 102)
  • ELF1 Electronic Resource
Edm rights:
  • No Known Copyright
Creator:
  • Torres, Juan de, 1547-1599
Author:
  • Torres, Juan de, 1547-1599
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