Francisco Ximénez was a Spanish Dominican monk and chronicler. He travelled to Guatemala in 1687 and began his studies of the Quiché, Cakchiquel and Tzutuhil languages. Francisco Ximénez also discovered and was the first translator of the Popol Vuh narratives.

Material:

• 1 handwritten manuscript (“Historia de la provincia de San Vicente de Chiapa y Guatemala”, place and year unspecified, 3 vols.)
• 1 photographed copy of a handwritten manuscript (“Arte de las lenguas Cacchiqvel, Quiche y Tzutuhil”, place unspecified, est. 1580, 2 vols.)

Provenance: part of Walter Lehmann’s papers.

Keywords: Guatemala, ethnolinguistics, history