Chilam Balam : artículos y fragmentos de manuscritos antiguos en lengua maya

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1868/1870

Description:

Manuscript facsimiles of sections of the books of Chilam Balam of Chumayel and of Tizimin, with additional excerpts from the books of Chilam Balam of Kaua and of Ixil. The sections copied focus on calendrical and historical information, with dates in the texts ranging from 1513 to 1824. Five items laid in, consisting of one diagram between pages 38 and 39 and miscellaneous notes inside the back cover.

Language:

Mayan languages

Provenance:

From the collection of C. Hermann Berendt, later acquired by Daniel Garrison Brinton (ex libris stamp on title page).; Berendt, C. Hermann 1817-1878, former owner.; Brinton, Daniel G. 1837-1899, former owner.

Subject:

Maya language -- Texts; Maya language; Language and languages; Indians of Mexico -- Languages; Calendars; Maya calendar; Maya astronomy; Mayas -- History; Mayas; History; Calendars -- Early works to 1800; Indians of Mexico -- Languages -- Early works to 1800

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

calendars (documents); chronicles; diagrams; Manuscripts, Mexican; Manuscripts, Spanish; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

147 leaves : paper, illustrations; 268 x 209 (200 x 135) mm bound to 273 x 225 mm

Geographic Subject:

Mexico; Mexico -- Languages -- Early works to 1800

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from title page (f. 2r).; Table of contents: 1.pp.1-74: Chilam Balam de Chumayel.; Table of contents: 2.pp.75-80: Chilam Balam de Yxil.; Table of contents: 3.pp.81-92: Chilam Balam de Káua.; Table of contents: 4.pp.93-96: Cuaderno de Teabo.; Table of contents: 5.pp.97-100: Chilam Balam de Ixil.; Table of contents: 6.pp.101-158: Chilam Balam de Tizimin.; Table of contents: 7.pp.159-200: Chilam Balam de Chumayel [additional material].; Pagination: Paper, xxx, 200, lxiv (blank); page numbers in red ink, upper center. Foliation in black, upper right recto; not all pages have foliation, and the pages with foliation were rearranged before pagination was added.; Script: In the hand of C. Hermann Berendt.; Decoration: Sections from the Chilam Balam de Chumayel are heavily illustrated with faces and astronomical or calendrical diagrams, in black and red ink.; Binding: Contemporary cloth over marbled boards; label inside front cover, "Encuadernacion de Felipe Montilla, Merida de Yucatan."; Origin: Copied in Mérida, Mexico, in 1868 (f. 2r) and 1870 (pp. 101, 161).; Maya, with brief introductions in Spanish.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 700 Item 49

Collection:

Berendt-Brinton Linguistic Collection