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Title

Chilam Balam

Other related names

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

Call number

Ms. Coll. 700 Item 49
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9939860983503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/85036920
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/3986098

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Maya, with brief introductions in Spanish

Origin

Date

1868-1870

Place

Mérida (Mexico)

Summary

Manuscript facsimiles of sections of the books of Chilam Balam of Chumayel and of Tizimin, with additional excerpts from the books of Chilam Balam of Kaua and of Ixil. The sections copied focus on calendrical and historical information, with dates in the texts ranging from 1513 to 1824. Five items laid in, consisting of one diagram between pages 38 and 39 and miscellaneous notes inside the back cover.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from title page (f. 2r).
   

Extent

147 leaves : 268 x 209 (200 x 135) mm. bound to 273 x 225 mm

Foliation

Paper, xxx, 200, lxiv (blank); page numbers in red ink, upper center. Foliation in black, upper right recto; not all pages have foliation, and the pages with foliation were rearranged before pagination was added.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary cloth over marbled boards; label inside front cover, "Encuadernacion de Felipe Montilla, Merida de Yucatan."

Script

In the hand of C. Hermann Berendt.

Provenance

• 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

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