Early Manuscripts
Hernando Cortés (1485-1547) Collection (Hernán Cortés)
The Latin American Library holds several unique documents associated with Hernan Cortes.
(Collection 27). These documents, include:
- Letter, dated September 9, 1521 ( twenty-seven days after the fall of Tenochtitlán)
- First laws or "Ordenanzas," dated March 20, 1524
- "Praeclara Ferdinãdi..". , his second letter to the King of Spain, printed in Nuremberg in 1524.
- A related document in the collection is the mid-16th century land claim against Martín Cortés by the natives of Atatepec, México (see above).
Gramática y vocabulario de la lengua mexicana [1547]
Fray Andrés de Olmos
Location: Latin American Library Rare Miniature
Call Number:
497.2017 O51
Ordenanzas para prouechar los confrarias allos que an de seruir en estas hospitalles [1552]
Molina, Alonso de
Location: Latin American Library
Rare
Call Number: 497.2011 .M722
Crónica de Maní [1557-1813]
A chronicle relating to the Maya town of Mani, east of Ticul, Yucatan, Mexico. It is believed to contain the oldest known writing in the Maya language with Latin characters.
Location: Latin American Library Rare
Call Number: 497.2051 M278
Land documents from Tabi, Yucatan [1569-1821]
Yerbas y hechicerías del Yucatán [n.d.]
A rare medical and botanical work of the Maya.
Location: Latin American Library Rare
Call Number: 497.2051 Y47
The Golden Legend (in Kekchi)
Location: Latin American Library Manuscripts
Call Number: Manuscripts
Collection 212: Erwin Paul Dieseldorff (1868-1940) Papers.
The Latin American Library holds a mid-16th century manuscript translation of Jacobus de Voragine's The Golden Legend in the Kekchí language of the Alta Verapaz of Guatemala. This work is a compilation of the lives of the saints originally written in the 13th century.
Relación de la descripción de la Provincia del Santo Evangelio que es en las Indias Occidentales que llaman la Nueva España (Oroz Codex) [1588]
Author: Fray Pedro Oroz.
Location: Latin American Library Rare
Call Number: BX3612.A1 O7
A history of the Franciscan Order in New Spain.
Tesoro escondido en el santo Carmelo mexicano [1649]
Author: Agustín de la Madre de Dios
Location: Latin American Library Rare
Call Number:
972 (271.73) A923
A mid-17th century history of the Carmelites in New Spain.
Choral book; In nocte natalis Domini admiss mayorem officium [circa 1698]
Oaxaca[?], Mexico, ca. 1698). 110 p.
Location:
Latin American Library Rare
Call Number: 972.016 C551
Manuscript choral book, red and black. Latin script, Zapotec inscription at end. Ex-William Gates Collection.
