Author: Vico, Domingo de

Title: Theologia Indorum

Date: 1500s

Language(s): K'iche' and Latin

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Incomplete ms. containing Christian lessons drawn from the lives of the saints or the New Testament, and explanations of Christian concepts (virtue, prudence, etc.). Leaves numbered 281 and 282 are missing.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Material and Layout: Paper; 32 leaves; 21 x 15 cm.

Binding: Disbound sheets

PROVENANCE

Early provenance unknown; previously owned by William Gates; sold to Robert Garrett (purchased from William Gates in 1930); deposited by Garrett at the Institute of Advanced Study at Princeton in 1942; removed from the Institute in 1949, at Garrett's request, and donated to the Princeton University Library.

Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 181

Title: Discursos antiquos

Date: ca. 1803

Language(s): K'iche' and Spanish

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Unidentified Christian devotional texts, possibly relating in part to the Passion. According to a note on p. 97, this is a manuscript copy extracted from an older manuscript by one Juan Cipriano (also spelled "Cypriano" and "Sipriano"), Maestro de Coro at command of God and the Padre Cura Don Andres Henriquez, on March 26, 1803. Paper damaged with loss of text.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Material and Layout: Paper; 40 leaves; 21 x 15 cm. (mostly)

Decoration: 2 full-page drawings in brown and red ink

Binding: Parchment wrapper, with remnants of leather end ties

PROVENANCE

Early provenance unknown; previously owned by William Gates; sold to Robert Garrett (purchased from William Gates in 1930); deposited by Garrett at the Institute of Advanced Study at Princeton in 1942; removed from the Institute in 1949, at Garrett's request, and donated to the Princeton University Library.

Title: Sermonario en lengua Quiché

Date: 1775-99

Language(s): K'iche' and Spanish

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Contains 20 sermons in K'iche' with headings and index written in Spanish. Written in the late 18th century in an unidentified hand.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Material and Layout: Paper; 219 leaves; 21 x 18 cm.

Binding: Parchment wrapper, with remnants of leather end ties

PROVENANCE

Early provenance unknown; previously owned by William Gates; sold to Robert Garrett (purchased from William Gates in 1930); deposited by Garrett at the Institute of Advanced Study at Princeton in 1942; removed from the Institute in 1949, at Garrett's request, and donated to the Princeton University Library.

Title: De Pasione

Date: ca. 1800

Language(s): K'iche' and Spanish

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Unidentified Christian devotional texts relating to the "Pacion." Incomplete, first eight pages wanting. Pages badly damaged with loss of text.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Material and Layout: Paper; 42 leaves; 21 x 15 cm.

Binding: Disbound sheets

PROVENANCE

Early provenance unknown; previously owned by William Gates; sold to Robert Garrett (purchased from William Gates in 1930); deposited by Garrett at the Institute of Advanced Study at Princeton in 1942; removed from the Institute in 1949, at Garrett's request, and donated to the Princeton University Library.

Title: Sermones en Quiché

Date: 1600s

Language(s): K'iche' and Spanish

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Incomplete collection of sermons in K'iche'. Written in an unidentified 17th-century hand.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Material and Layout: Paper; 20 leaves; 21 x 15 cm.

Binding: Disbound in paper wrapper

PROVENANCE

Discovered in the town of Rabinal; later acquired by William Gates; sold to Robert Garrett (purchased from William Gates in 1930); deposited by Garrett at the Institute of Advanced Study at Princeton in 1942; removed from the Institute in 1949, at Garrett's request, and donated to the Princeton University Library.

Title: Doctrina en Quiché

Date: 1600s

Language(s): K'iche' and Spanish

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Contains a series of doctrinal works, chiefly prayers in K'iche', written in an unidentified 17th-century hand.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Material and Layout: Paper; 14 leaves; 21 x 15 cm.

Binding: Disbound sheets

PROVENANCE

Early provenance unknown; previously owned by William Gates; sold to Robert Garrett (purchased from William Gates in 1930); deposited by Garrett at the Institute of Advanced Study at Princeton in 1942; removed from the Institute in 1949, at Garrett's request, and donated to the Princeton University Library.

Title: Doctrina en Quiché

Date: ca. 1800

Language(s): K'iche'

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Contains a series of doctrinal works, chiefly prayers in K'iche.'

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Material and Layout: Paper; 14 leaves; 21 x 16 cm.

Decoration: Contains pen-and-ink drawings on Christian themes.

Binding: Disbound sheets

PROVENANCE

Early provenance unknown; previously owned by William Gates; sold to Robert Garrett (purchased from William Gates in 1930); deposited by Garrett at the Institute of Advanced Study at Princeton in 1942; removed from the Institute in 1949, at Garrett's request, and donated to the Princeton University Library.

Title: Transcriptions of Legal Documents

Date: 1780-1809

Language(s): K'iche' and Spanish

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Transcriptions of legal documents, containing the signature of Miguel Garcia Cabildo. The documents were originally laid inside paper covers labelled "Osario titulos." One or more of the documents concerns Pedro Osario, but it is unclear whether all the documents are related.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Material and Layout: Paper; 8 leaves; 21 x 15 cm.

Binding: Sewn booklet

PROVENANCE

Early provenance unknown; previously owned by William Gates; sold to Robert Garrett (purchased from William Gates in 1930); deposited by Garrett at the Institute of Advanced Study at Princeton in 1942; removed from the Institute in 1949, at Garrett's request, and donated to the Princeton University Library.

Title: Nabe Tihonic

Date: ca. 1800

Language(s): K'iche'

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

(i.e. First Lesson, etc.) A series of curious "lessons" on apostolic and other miracles, Simon Magus, spurious miracles by Antichrist (even to using the mouths of saints to propagate his false doctrines through, and appearing in angelic forms, etc.). Arranged by question and response.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Material and Layout: Paper; 33 leaves; 21 x 16 cm.

Binding: Parchment binding

PROVENANCE

Early provenance unknown; previously owned by William Gates; sold to Robert Garrett (purchased from William Gates in 1930); deposited by Garrett at the Institute of Advanced Study at Princeton in 1942; removed from the Institute in 1949, at Garrett's request, and donated to the Princeton University Library.

Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 189

Title: Nabe Tihonic, etc.

Date: ca. 1800

Language(s): K'iche'

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

(i.e. First Lesson, etc.) A series of curious "lessons" on apostolic and other miracles, Simon Magus, spurious miracles by Antichrist (even to using the mouths of saints to propagate his false doctrines through, and appearing in angelic forms, etc.). Arranged by question and response.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Material and Layout: Paper; 84 leaves; 16 x 11 cm.

Binding: Red velvet cloth over boards

PROVENANCE

Early provenance unknown; previously owned by William Gates; sold to Robert Garrett (purchased from William Gates in 1930); deposited by Garrett at the Institute of Advanced Study at Princeton in 1942; removed from the Institute in 1949, at Garrett's request, and donated to the Princeton University Library.