Sotuta A : manuscript, [between 1875 and 1900].

Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
  • Spanish
  • Mayan languages
Description
13 leaves with old pagination (p. 1-25, [26]) : paper ; 31 x 21 cm.

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Special Collections - Manuscripts C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 11) Browse related items Reading Room Request
    Special Collections - Manuscripts C0744 Browse related items Reading Room Request

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      Subject(s)
      Donor
      Former owner
      Getty AAT genre
      Contained in
      Robert Garrett collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s.
      Compiled/​Created
      [between 1875 and 1900].
      Linking notes
      Forms part of the Robert Garrett Collection (C0744).
      Summary note
      Medical-botanical manuscript. Contains prescriptions/recipes for the use of plants in medical remedies and treatments. The manuscript is written in Spanish, containing only the Mayan plant names where necessary for identification.
      Binding note
      In cloth box.
      Language note
      Texts in Spanish, with some Yucatec.
      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.
      Cite as
      Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 11, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
      Other format(s)
      Also available in an electronic version.
      In
      Robert Garrett Collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s
      OCLC
      57525175
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