• Book of the Chilam Balam of Kaua : manuscript, [ca. 1824].

Collections:
  • Mesoamerican Manuscripts
  • Robert Garrett
  • Digitized Manuscripts
  • Collections Donated to Princeton University Library
  • Indigenous Cultures
Format:
  • Manuscript
  • Book
Date:
  • [ca. 1824].
Subject:
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Call number:
  • C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 6)
  • Electronic Resource
Extent:
  • 1 v. (19 leaves in various foliations) : paper, ill. ; 20 x 15 cm.
Type:
  • Formulas, recipes, etc
  • Paper
Description:
  • Decoration: Solid line (some decorated) at the end of each paragraph; 1 embellished initial; 1 full-page illustration in blue, black, and orange watercolor of two crowned beasts pawing a central object under the moon, stars, and sun.
Title sort:
  • Book of the Chilam Balam of Kaua : manuscript, [ca. 1824].
Alternative:
  • ucah ticin likel bai rin Kaxalle
Spatial:
  • Mexico
Relation:
  • Robert Garrett Collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s
Text language:
  • Text in Yucatec with some Spanish.
Binding note:
  • In cloth box.
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:
  • 1824-01-01T00:00:00Z
Abstract:
  • Manuscript fragment. Contains an almanac, calendrical correlations, and medical-botanical texts. Calendar years covered in manuscript are 1797-1826, but with entries only to 1824. Includes a Spanish Prayer "Oracion; Que sea en e Santo Sepulcro ..." on old pagination (CXIV and CXV). There are 3 separate numbering systems.
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/zs25x9219
Location:
  • HSVM C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 6)
  • HSVM Electronic Resource
  • ELF1 C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 6)
  • ELF1 Electronic Resource
Edm rights:
  • No Known Copyright
Uniform title:
  • Book of Chilam Balam of Kaua
References:
  • Cline, H. F. Guide to Ethnohistorical Sources ; 1148
  • Weeks, J.M. Mesoamerican Ethnohistory in United States Libraries ; 150
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