Libro de sermones. . . Cakchiquel

Mss.497.4.Sa9

Date: 1647 | Size: 1 volume(s), 1 volume, 373p.
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Abstract

A book of Cakchiquel sermons. Libro de sermones predicables en las fiestas mas principales de todo el año y de las de la orden de N.Serafico Pe San Francisco compuesto en lengua cakchiquel.

Collection Information

Physical description

1 volume, 373p.

Provenance

Academia de Ciencias de Guatemala, through Mariano Galvez, gift, 1836.

Early American History Note

This large, bound volume contains seven Kaqchikel sermons delivered by Antonio Saz. A gift from the Academy of the Sciences in Guatemala in 1836, the sermons lend insight into sixteenth century religion in Latin America. The manuscript is calligraphy is very well done. The Kaqchikel are an ethnic group of the Mayans.

Indexing Terms


Genre(s)

  • Manuscript Essays

Subject(s)

  • Beyond Early America
  • Cakchikel language
  • Mayan languages
  • Religion


Detailed Inventory

497.4 Sa9m Saz, Antonio del..
Manual de palticas de todos los sacramentos. . . En lengua Cakchiquel.
1664 1 volume(s) 1 volume, 202p. ; 1 volume, 202p.volume 1

Abstract: 20 brief religious discourses; table of contents.

Provenance: Academia de Ciencias de Guatemala, through Mariano Galvez, gift.