Newberry Library, VAULT oversize Ayer MS 1908

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS18274

Shelfmark:

VAULT oversize Ayer MS 1908

Title:

Brief account of a judicial inquiry into the case of doña Ana, accused of using witchcraft to persuade her Indian lover, don Andrés, to marry her

Legal text

Place:

Culhuacán, Mexico

Culhuacán TGN

Mexico TGN

Date:

between 1530 and 1549

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Spanish

Spanish WIKIDATA

Material:

native paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1] leaf : native paper ; 48 x 22 cm

Former Owner(s):

Waldeck, Frédéric de, 1766-1875

Jean-Frédéric Waldeck WIKIDATA

Note:

Date based on similarities with cases in Procesos de indios idolatras y hechiceros (Mexico : Guerrero, 1912).
Small label on verso: "Ms. 15," inventory number possibly assigned by Waldeck.
Transcription of the ms. in the Special Collections Info File.
Additional Waldeck materials at the Newberry Library include letters, journals, drawings, and other original Indian pictorial works formerly owned by Waldeck.
Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
In mylar sleeve and folder.

Keyword:

Marriage

Mexico--Culhuacán

Charms

History

Sixteenth century

Sources

Trials (Witchcraft)

Mexico

Manuscripts, Spanish

Witchcraft

Concubinage

Indians of Mexico--Social life and customs

Institutional Record:

https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma991196838805867

IIIF Manifest:

https://collections.newberry.org/IIIF3/Presentation/Manifest/2KXJ8ZSJCMLAY

Holding Institution:

Newberry Library