This is the Newberry Library's own institutional research guide to its holding of the Ayer manuscript of the Popol Vuh, the K'iche' Maya sacred narrative, one of the manuscript's most important surviving copies. As the custodial institution's own account it is the correct source for facts about the manuscript's physical custody, provenance and how the library holds and makes it available to researchers. Its limit is squarely archival rather than interpretive, it is a guide to the manuscript as an object, not a scholarly translation or analysis of the Popol Vuh's mythological content itself, so a claim about what the text actually narrates needs a critical edition or translation of the Popol Vuh rather than this custodial guide.
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The Newberry Library's own institutional research guide to its own Popol Vuh manuscript holding, treated at the top tier as that primary custodial institutional record. NotesThe Newberry Library's institutional research guide to its holding of the Ayer manuscript of the Popol Vuh, the K'iche' Maya sacred narrative. Use for established facts about the manuscript's physical custody, provenance and the library's own holding; a custodial and archival guide, not a scholarly translation or interpretation of the text's mythological content, which needs a source such as a critical edition of the Popol Vuh itself.
Citation
AuthorThe Newberry Library
PublisherThe Newberry Library
URLhttps://www.newberry.org/collection/research-guide/popol-vuh
Source TypeLibrary
Custodian
Custodian SourceYes
Custodian BodyThe Newberry Library, Chicago
Custodian BasisHolding institution of the artifact documented: legal custodian responsible for its conservation, catalogue record, and public interpretation.
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Associated With
Maya, Figures This source names Maya directly: "of the Popol Vuh, the K'iche' Maya sacred narrative, one of the manuscript's most important surviving copies."
Claims Backed By This Source (33 claims)
This source backs 33 claims across the atlas. As facts: 21 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 5 holds. Plus 6 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 11 claims: 10 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Artifacts & Relics, 7 claims: 4 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
- Articles, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
- Custodians & Museums, 3 claims: 1 scholarly debate, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Realms, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Cities, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Cultures, 1 claims: 1 general references.
- Deities, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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