Abstract: A vocabulary with illustrative examples from early writers; ethnographic data. No other copy known.

Provenance: Donor, Academia de Ciencias de Guatemala, through Mariano Galvez, 1836.

Other Descriptive Information: To request this item, please see the full finding aid for this specific manuscript: Vocabulario de la lengua Cakchiquel y Guatimalteca (Mss.497.43.C82)

Abstract: Sermons, catechism, religious discourses, and grammar of the Kaqchikel; the latter was translated into English by Daniel G. Brinton in APS Proceedings 21 (1884): 345.

Provenance: Donor, Academia de Ciencias de Guatemala, through Mariano Galvez, 1836.

Other Descriptive Information: To request this item, please see the full finding aid for this specific manuscript: Doctrina christiana (Mss.497.4.D65)

Abstract: A copy made in 1748 of Maldonado's "Ramilette" or anthology of 12 dialogues, together with a copy of an unknown "Doctrina Christiana" of 1556. Includes grammatical notes and vocabulary.

Provenance: Donor, Academia de Ciencias de Guatemala, through Mariano Galvez, 1836.

Other Descriptive Information: Described in Daniel Brinton (1869), "Notice of some manuscripts in Central American languages," American Journal of Science series 2, 47: 222-230; and in Nora Thompson (1948), "Algunos manuscritos guatemaltecos en Filadelfia," Anales de la Sociedad de Geografia e Historia, Guatemala, ano 23, t. 23, no. 1-2, pages 3-10.

Other Descriptive Information: To request this item, please see the full finding aid for this specific manuscript: Arte, pronunciación y ortographia de la lengua ... cakchiquel (Mss.497.4.M29)

Abstract: A book of Cakchiquel sermons.

Provenance: Donor, Academia de Ciencias de Guatemala, through Mariano Galvez, 1836.

Other Descriptive Information: To request this item, please see the full finding aid for this specific manuscript: Libro de Sermones... Cakchiquel (Mss.497.4.Sa9)

Abstract: Includes 20 brief religious discourses; table of contents.

Provenance: Donor, Academia de Ciencias de Guatemala, through Mariano Galvez, 1836.

Other Descriptive Information: To request this item, please see the full finding aid for this specific manuscript: Manual de pláticas de todos los sacramentos para la administracion de estos naturales con otras cossas importantes (Mss.497.4.Sa9m)

Abstract: Sermons for holy days, the above being the title of the first volume. Written in Kaqchikel with Spanish marginalia.

Provenance: Donor, Academia de Ciencias de Guatemala, through Mariano Galvez, 1836.

Other Descriptive Information: To request this item, please see the full finding aid for this specific manuscript: Sermón predicable en el domingo de septuagessima (Mss.497.4.Se6)

Abstract: The Theologia Indorum ("Theology for the Indians" or "Theology of the Indians") was written by the Spanish Dominican friar Domingo de Vico from 1552-1554. It is considered the first original Christian theology written in the Americas and the longest single text written in an indigenous language of the Americas in the colonial era. Written in K'iche' (sometimes written as "Quiché," a Mayan language of Guatemala, it played a major role in evangelization of the Highland Maya. Previous identifications of the content of the manuscript misidentified it as being in the Kaqchikel language and as consisting of sermons and biblical translation. The content, however, is an original theological work that utilizes indigenous religous beliefs and cultural practices to explain Christian doctrine. This version is the first of two volumes of the Theologia Indorum, pertaining to topics from the Old Testament. Other versions of the Theologia exist at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France and at Princeton University. This is the oldest manuscript in the APS Library's collections written in an indigenous language of the Americas.

Provenance: Donor, Academia de Ciencias de Guatemala, through Mariano Galvez, 1836.

Other Descriptive Information: This item was previously cataloged as "Uae nima vutz rij theologi aindox ubinaam nima," which are its opening lines. Retitled as "Theologia Indorum" in 2017 in light of scholarship by Drs. Sergio Romero, Frauke Sachse, and Garry Sparks.

Other Descriptive Information: To request this item, please see the full finding aid for this specific manuscript: Theologia Indorum (Mss.497.4.Ua13)

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Abstract: Sermons.

Provenance: Donor, Academia de Ciencias de Guatemala, through Mariano Galvez, 1836.

Other Descriptive Information: To request this item, please see the full finding aid for this specific manuscript: Uae rugotzlem Sant Andros apostol (Mss.497.4.Ua15)

Abstract: Copy of dictionary of late sixteenth-century missionary made by Fray Francisco Ceron. 4,000 Cakchiquel words (Parra's orthography) with equivalents.

Provenance: Donor, Academia de Ciencias de Guatemala, through Mariano Galvez, 1836.

Location of originals: The original manuscript was sent to the Universidad Mariano Galvéz de Guatemala in 1989. This manuscript is accessible at the APS via microfilm copy only (Mss.Film.1303).

Abstract: Cakchiquel dictionary (Parra's orthography).

Provenance: Donor, Academia de Ciencias de Guatemala, through Mariano Galvez, 1836.

Other Descriptive Information: To request this item, please see the full finding aid for this specific manuscript: Vocabulario de la lengua Cakchiquel (Mss.497.43.V85)

Abstract: This is a copy of Moran's "libro grande" (1625-1650), and includes two versions of the grammar (in different hands), confessional materials, and a vocabulary of 500 words which has been added to the others. The first three pages are a narrative of Spanish missions (1689-1692) by Thomas Murillo. For description, see: D. G. Brinton. "Notice of some manuscripts..." American Journal of Science, 2nd Series, 1869, v. 47, 222-230.

Provenance: Donor, Academia de Ciencias de Guatemala, through Mariano Galvez, 1836.

Other Descriptive Information: To request this item, please see the full finding aid for this specific manuscript: Arte y vocabulario de la lengua Cholti (Mss.497.4.M79)