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Title

Manuscrito cakchiquel ó sea memorial de Tecpan-Atitlan (Solola)

Authors

• Arana Xajilá, Francisco Hernández, ca. 1502-1581
• Díaz Gebuta Quej, Francisco, 16th cent
• Xahila family

Other related names

• Brasseur de Bourbourg, abbé, 1814-1874, former owner
• Brinton, Daniel Garrison, 1837-1899, former owner

Call number

Ms. Coll. 700 Item 221
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9950088663503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/733805901
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5008866

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Cakchikel, with title page and marginal notes in Spanish

Origin

Date

between 1619 and 1650?

Place

Sololá, Guatemala?

Summary

Early seventeenth-century transcription in Cakchikel of a collection of documents concerning the Cakchikel Indians of Guatemala, who historically had established their capital in Iximché (Tecpán), and later, during colonial times, were living in Sololá. The manuscript is a fragment, ending abruptly. Most of the documents were composed by various members of the Xahila family, especially Francisco Ernantez Arana Xahila and Francisco Diaz Gebuta Queha. The title page, in Spanish, was evidently provided by abbé Brasseur de Bourbourg sometime after his taking the manuscript into his possession in or around 1855. The early portion of the manuscript (p. 1-17) is a record of village and family incidents, including births, baptisms, and marriages, as well as accounts of disputes and the collection of contributions; the dates cited in those pages range from 1586 (p. 9) to 1619 (p. 15). The remainder of the manuscript (18-96) mainly chronicles the history of the Cakchikel Indians, from their legendary beginnings at Tulan until the early 17th century, with some aspects concerning relations with the Tzutuhil and Quiché Indians. A significant juncture in the chronicle, visually highlighted in the text, is marked by an internal revolt of a lineage group which took place at Iximché in the late 15th century (p. 48), and subsequent events are dated according to the length of time after this revolt. The arrival of the Spanish in 1524 is reported (p. 56). The writer of the final pages (p. 92-96) identifies himself as Don Pedro Elías Martin, whose account begins in 1584 (p. 92), when he became governor, and extends until 1596 (p. 96).

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from title page (p. i).
   

Extent

50 leaves : 310-314 x 210 (260-275 x 180) mm. bound to 320 x 240 mm

Foliation

Paper, ii + 2 (newer paper) + 48 + iii; [i-iv], 1-96; modern pagination in pencil, lower center, as well as modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto; all leaves of the manuscript are mounted on guards.

Support

Paper

Binding

19th-century half leather; upper cover detached.

Layout

Written in approximately 33 to 38 long lines, with use of section markers and headings.

Script

Written in a non-cursive hand in indigo ink (Brinton), with marginal notes in Spanish in a different hand; title page is probably in the hand of abbé Brasseur de Bourbourg.

Provenance

• Formerly owned by abbé Brasseur de Bourbourg (bookplate on title page: Ex Collectione Americana, Domini Brasseur de Bourbourg).
   
• From the collection of Daniel Garrison Brinton (ex libris stamps on front endleaf and title page).
   

Subjects topical

• Cakchikel language--Texts
• Cakchikel literature
• Cakchikel Indians--History
• Tzutuhil Indians
• Quiché Indians
• Indians of Central America--Guatemala--Languages--Early works to 1800
• Indians of Central America--Guatemala--History--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Genealogies
• Chronicles
• Legal documents
• Manuscripts, Cakchikel--17th century
• Manuscripts, Latin American

Licenses

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