Garrett-Gates collection of Mesoamerican manuscripts, [1500s-1968].

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Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961,. Garrett-Gates collection of Mesoamerican manuscripts, [1500s-1968].

Garrett-Gates collection of Mesoamerican manuscripts, [1500s-1968].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81571235

Consists of approximately 250 Mesoamerican manuscripts, chiefly written in Latin script. Maya languages are well represented, predominantly Yucatec and K'iche', and to a lesser degree Kaqchikel, Tzutuhil, Tzeltal, Pokoman, Chorti, Cholti, and K'eq'chi. In addition, there are several manuscripts in other Mesoamerican languages, including Nahuatl, Zoque, and Otomi. Many of the manuscripts also contain Spanish and/or Latin devotional, liturgical, and other texts. The collection consists of original manuscripts, documents, and transcriptions of ancient hieroglyphic texts, dating from the time of the Spanish conquest to the early 20th century, and includes ritual incantations, Chilam Balam books, Caste War letters, Spanish translations of Christian doctrinal works, manuscript dictionaries of the native languages, histories, autograph letters, land documents, maps, and confraternity records. The manuscripts offer copies of texts in indigenous languages and provide evidence of the history and evolution of those languages under the influence of Spanish civilization during the period of Western contact with the indigenous peoples of the Americas. The materials also illustrate how the Spanish culture affected all aspects of life in New Spain, from the practice of religion to transfer of lands from the natives to the Spanish colonists.

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