Title: Titulos de los señores del Reino del Quichè

Date: 1501-1781

Language(s): K'iche' and Spanish

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Consists of a document in K'iche' "Titulo Real de don Francisco Izquin ultimo Ahpop alel, o Rey de Quiché," (11 leaves), dated Nov. 22, 1588 and signed by the Last King of the Quichés and the eight other princes. There is a narrative account (fols. 15-22) of the events of the first conquest of the highlands by the Quiché ancestors in the year [1300], dated May 7, 1524 and signed by hieroglyphs with names of seven K'iche' princesses, three of the Spanish conquerors, including Pedro de Alvarado "Ande mi con Pedro Alvarado Jues Capitan Español Conquistador," and also the four friars accompanying the expedition. Also includes several official documents dating from 1587-ca. 1781 from Xelahuh, now Quetzaltenango.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Material and Layout: Paper; 39 leaves; 32 x 23 cm.

Binding: Original limp vellum

PROVENANCE

The documents are housed in the original limp parchment wrapper of the Archives, inscribed: "Titulo de reyes de Guatemala en Quiche," and presented by the keeper of the Archives in 1856 to Brasseur de Bourbourg; bookplates of Brasseur de Bourbourg and Alphonse L. Pinart with his shelfmark "E.4/53"; 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.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Recinos, Adrián. Crónicas Indígenas de Guatemala (Editorial Universitaria, Guatemala City, 1957).

Author: Torres, Juan de, 1547-1599

Title: Title of the Tamub

Date: Sept. 2, 1812

Language(s): K'iche'

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

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.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Material and Layout: Paper; 9 leaves; 31 x 22 cm.

Binding: Sewn with red thread; in cloth case

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.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Recinos, Adrián. Crónicas indígenas de Guatemala. (Guatemala: Editorial Universitaria, 1957).

Title: Probanca executorio

Date: 1600-50

Language(s): K'iche'

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

A fragmentary account of the Spanish Conquest, probably drawn from the point of view of the Kavek lineage (perhaps of the Qoyoy sub-lineage). In language it is closer to the Popol Vuh. The manuscript includes drawings of the post-conquest second and third palaces of the Quiché kings. There are lists of the several Quiché towns and of the caciques of these towns in the late 16th century. Also mentioned are the Mam-speaking groups of the Quetzaltenango area conquered by the Quiché and an account of the conquest by Pedro de Alvarado, with reference to Capitan decum ahau.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Material and Layout: Paper; 25 leaves; 22 x 15 cm.

Decoration: 3 pen-and-ink drawings

Binding: Vellum wrapper; lined with a manuscript fragment, probably written in a contemporary hand.

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.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Carrasco, Pedro. Don Juan Cortes, cacique de Santa Crus Quiché. in Estudios de Cultura Maya. (México: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Filológicas), vol. 6, pp. 251-266.

Recinos, Adrián. Crónicas indígenas de Guatemala. (Guatemala: Editorial Universitaria, 1957).

Edmondson, M. S. Historia de la Tierras Altas mayas, segun los documentos indigenas from a conference on the cultural development of the Maya, entitled Desarrollo cultural de los Mayas editado por Evon Z. Vogt y Alberto Ruz L. (México: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras: Seminario de Cultura Maya 1964), pp. 225-278.

Title: Ordínanzas de la Confradía de Santa Vera Cruz en Totonicapán

Date: 1700s

Language(s): K'iche' with Spanish translation (in successive paragraphs)

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Ms. copy of the by-laws for the Cofradía de la Santa Vera Cruz in Totonicapán, Guatemala. Inscriptions by Balthazar Cobocah, Chupah, 6 May 1776 (p. 17) and May 1777 (p. 52).

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Material and Layout: Paper; 26 leaves; 31 x 22 cm.

Binding: Original parchment cover, with 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: Ordínanzas de la Confradía de Ssmo Sacramento

Date: 1700s

Language(s): K'iche'

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Ms. copy of the by-laws for the Cofradía de Santissimo Sacramento and the Cofradía del Rosario, probably from Tacubaya, Mexico City, Mexico. Includes a Roman Catholic Litany for the Virgin Mary (pp. 18-19), beginning "Ihesus Maria. Letania de Nuestra Señora. Rosario. Kirie eleyson. christe eleyson..."

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Material and Layout: Paper; 11 leaves; 32 x 22 cm.

Binding: Original heavy leather cover with 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: Will of Gaspar Toh

Date: Apr. 12, 1773

Language(s): K'iche'

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Will of Gaspar Toh, no place indicated.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Material and Layout: Paper; 2 leaves; 31 x 21 cm.

Binding: In soft leather case, with vellum ties and buttons

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: Will of Mauel Sis

Date: May 12, 1773

Language(s): K'iche'

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Will of Mauel Sis, no place indicated.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Material and Layout: Paper; 2 leaves; 31 x 21 cm.

Binding: In soft leather case, with vellum ties and buttons

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: Will of Joseph Calan

Date: May 26, 1773

Language(s): K'iche'

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Will of Joseph Calan with attestation in 1779, no place indicated.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Material and Layout: Paper; 2 leaves; 31 x 21 cm.

Binding: In soft leather case, with vellum ties and buttons

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: Will of Miguel Tavico

Date: June 1, 1772

Language(s): K'iche'

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Will of Miguel Tavico, no place indicated.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Material and Layout: Paper; 2 leaves; 31 x 21 cm.

Binding: In soft leather case, with vellum ties and buttons

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: Will of Pablo Garcia

Date: 1773

Language(s): K'iche'

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Will of Pablo Garcia, no place indicated.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Material and Layout: Paper; 1 leaf; 31 x 21 cm.

Binding: In soft leather case, with vellum ties and buttons

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.