Title: Iulihii memoria titulo quetacque natirta ...

Date: Aug. 14, 1565

Language(s): K'eq'chi and Spanish

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Manuscript text which mentions six of the early missionary friars, including Domingo de Vico, fray Francisco de Viana, friars Juan de Torres, and of one Ozcona, and Gallego. Includes the date "Agosto 14 Año de 1565" on fol. 2r and an inscription on fol. 4r, in a 19th-century hand "Los anteriores E[n]an Ticaquez en a quel tiempo cuando [ ] noestaba entre du[e]llos Feliciano Caal," and on verso "Juan Caal, Alcalde Juez. Calisto Tilom, 1 Regidor." Typed transcript laid in with the manuscript.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Material and Layout: Paper; 6 leaves; 21 x 16 cm.

Binding: Original parchment cover

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: Brujo calendar

Date: ca. 1867

Language(s): K'eq'chi and Spanish

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Contains a calendar of "lucky and unlucky days" in K'eq'chi, with months and certain feast days written in Spanish. No year indicated, but the date 1867 is written in pen on fol. 6v on day 16 of the month of October. Also includes 4 lines of religious music with K'eq'chi text on fol. 8v, and a Latin prayer (Salve Regina?) on fol. 9v. The manuscript was probably written in Lanquin, Alta Verapaz (Guatemala), where it was later acquired by William Gates. Together with typed transcription (2 copies) laid in.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Material and Layout: Paper; 10 leaves; 22 x 17 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 Mesamerican Manuscripts, no. 244

Title: Kekchi Documentos

Date: 1540-1815

Language(s): K'eq'chi and Spanish

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Consists of 16th-century land documents from Guatemala, attested in 1815.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Material and Layout: Paper; 14 leaves; 31 x 22 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: Explicacion de la doctrina christiana

Date: ca. 1798

Language(s): K'eq'chi and Spanish in parallel columns

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

A catechism divided into five chapters, containing explanations of various aspects of faith and Christian doctrine, including the history of the Nicene Creed, the mysteries of the Holy Spirit, the creation of the angels, etc. (fols. 1r-22v). Translated into Spanish from K'eq'chi by Don Tomas Riveiro, as indicated by the inscription "Traduccion del español al quecchi por Don Tomas Riveiro Coban-República de Guatemala," on preliminary leaf. Also includes a sermon on fols. 23r-39v entitled "Sermon para el dia de San Juan Bautista, predicado el Año de 1798." The manuscript is undated. Foliation is written on both sides of the page and there are blank leaves in the middle and end, which are not foliated.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Material and Layout: Paper; 98 leaves; 31 x 22 cm.

Binding: Leather wrapper with 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: Acuerdos sobre la manera de efectuar se el matrimonio

Date: Oct. 9, 1883

Language(s): K'eq'chi and Spanish in parallel columns

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Consists of 16th-century land documents from Guatemala, attested in 1815.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Material and Layout: Paper; 12 leaves; 21 x 16 cm.

Binding: Bound with a strip of leather and string at spine

PROVENANCE

William Gates acquired this manuscript from the Alcalde in Chamelco; later 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 Kekchi

Date: 1900s

Language(s): K'eq'chi and Spanish

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Contains common Christian prayers, including "El Padre Nuestro," "El Ave Maria,"La Salve Regina," "Los articulos de la fe son catorce," and others. Headings primarily written in Spanish, prayers in K'eq'chi, n.d.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Material and Layout: Paper; 4 leaves; 23 x 16 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 Kekchi

Date: 1905

Language(s): K'eq'chi and Spanish

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Manuscript copy of a collection of common Christian prayers in K'eq'chi, with some headings written in Spanish, including "El Ave Maria," "El Credo," "La Salve Regina," "Articulos de la fe," etc. Also includes a typed transcription.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Material and Layout: Paper; 14 leaves; 17 x 11 cm.

Binding: Sewn

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: Parlamento de la vida de Jesus: escrito en kecchi

Date: 1912

Language(s): K'eq'chi and Spanish

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Manuscript concerning the life of Christ, with annotations and deletions throughout. Section headings in Spanish or K'eq'chi. Includes a typed transcription with commentary by William Gates, Mar. 31, 1930, laid in.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Material and Layout: Paper; 32 leaves; 16 x 10 cm.

Binding: Marbled paper wrapper

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: Bocabulario del idioma Alta Verapaz

Date: 1800s

Language(s): K'eq'chi and Spanish

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Contains approximately 200 lines of conversational phrases in K'eq'chi and Spanish, no date. Also includes Contains approximately 200 lines of conversational phrases in K'eq'chi and Spanish, n.d. Also includes a typed transcription with commentary by William Gates, Mar. 13, 1930, laid in.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Material and Layout: Paper; 24 leaves; 9 x 11 cm.

Binding: Sewn

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: Orthografia en lengua Eêcchî

Date: 1870

Language(s): K'eq'chi and Spanish

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Manuscript copy of a work on orthography of K'eq'chi, translated by "José Domingo Coy en la cuidad de Cobán."

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Material and Layout: Paper; 16 leaves; 21 x 13 cm.

Binding: Sewn with string

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: Padre Nuestro

Date: 1915

Language(s): Keq'chi with some Spanish

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Manuscript copy of the Lord's Prayer from a "Doctrina" in the Brinton Collection. The original is in the Archivo at Cobán, "parece copia de obra antiqua." Copy made by Adela Breton in 1915. Bound together with typed transcription.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Material and Layout: Paper; 1 leaf; 20 x 15 cm.

Binding: paper wrappers

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.