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Title

Chilam Balam

Authors

• Pérez, Juan Pío, 1798-1859

Other related names

• Berendt, C. Hermann 1817-1878, former owner
• Brinton, Daniel Garrison, 1837-1899, former owner

Call number

Ms. Coll. 700 Item 50
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9939909763503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/85043928
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/3990976

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Maya, with Spanish notes and Spanish translations of shorter documents

Origin

Date

1870

Place

Mérida

Summary

Manuscript facsimile of Juan Pio Perez's collection of portions of examples of the Chilam Balam, mainly consisting of calendrical and historical information, with dates in the texts ranging from 1511-2003. An appendix contains Maya legal documents, some with Spanish translations. A folder shelved with the manuscript contains 8 leaves originally laid in the manuscript, one a printed calendar table.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from title page (p. [I]); half title (p. [iii]) and spine give title Códice Perez.
   

Extent

138 leaves : 265 x 211 (179 x 136) mm. bound to 273 x 226 mm

Foliation

Paper, [ii], [I-III], IV-VI, 1-98, 98-99, 99, [i], 100-137, [ii], 138-174, [i], 175-180, [iv, including a foldout chart, now cracked at fold], 181-238, 240, 240-258, [x; blank]; pagination in same ink as text, Roman numerals upper center, Arabic numerals upper outer corners.

Support

Paper

Binding

Cloth spine with marbled boards; label inside front cover reads, "Encuadernacion de Felipe Montilla, Merida de Yucatan."

Layout

Text pages written in 28-29 long lines; layout varies for calendrical information in columns and calendrical diagrams.

Script

In the hand of C. Hermann Berendt.

Provenance

• Copied from documents collected by Juan Pio Perez while he lived in the pueblo of Ticul.
   
• From the collection of C. Hermann Berendt, later acquired by Daniel Garrison Brinton (ex libris stamp on title page).
   

Subjects topical

• Maya language--Texts
• Maya calendar
• Maya astronomy
• Mayas--History
• Calendars--Early works to 1800
• Indians of Mexico--Languages--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Codices
• Calendars
• Chronicles
• Diagrams
• Manuscripts, Mexican--19th century
• Manuscripts, Spanish--19th century

Licenses

• Text

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