Reseña al libro de Wendy Kramer (coordinadora) y Jorge Luján Muñoz y Wendy Kramer (editores) Libro Segundo del Cabildo de la ϛibdad de Santiago de la provinϛia de Guatemala comenϛado a XXVII de mayo de MDXXX años

269 Núme o 42, junio 2019, pp.269-271 Noble Da id Cook Reseña al lib o de Wendy K ame (coo dinado a) y Jo ge Luján Muñoz y Wendy K ame (edi o es) Lib o Segundo del Cabildo de la ϛibdad de San iago de la p o inϛia de Gua emala comenϛado a XXVII de mayo de MDXXX años. KRAMER, Wendy (coo dinado a) y Jo ge Luján Muñoz y Wendy K ame , edi o es. Lib o Segundo del Cabildo de la ϛibdad de San iago de la p o inϛia de Gua emala comenϛado a XXVII de mayo de MDXXX años. La An igua, Gua emala: CIRMA, 2018, 394 pp. The lib os de cabildo p o ide a weal h o in o ma ion on he na u e and ope a ion o municipal councils, ye no ice his o ians a e some imes unawa e o he his o iog aphical iches o be ound. Those o en o e looked eco ds p o ide a synopsis o day o day ac ions o ci y o icials and a e a ailable o any esea che ained o handle o en di icul paleog aphic challenges acing in es iga o s o he Spanish ci ies in he New Wo ld du ing he i s wo cen u ies. The ange o opics p esen ed, discussed and deba ed, o en imes hea edly, is b oad and p o ides insigh in o nume ous opics, om he sale o en al o public land, o he supply o wa e and s ee sani a ion, con ol o ca nice ías, o ganiza ion o c i ical de ense in imes o public un es o o eign a acks, issues in ol ing sla es and Ame indians and so o h. F equency o hese mee ings a ied, depending la gely on ci y size. The o ma o he sessions ollowed a simila pa e n, om an opening ce emony a he i s mee ing o he yea when ci y o icials we e chosen, o he close o he day’s session a he end o he allo ed ime. The s uc u e o powe is clea ly isible as o es we e eco ded and indi iduals o amilies ell in o a sel -pe pe ua ing ou ine. I mus be no ed ha he quali y and dep h o de ail is dependen on he in e es and abili ies o he sec e a ies o sc ibes who eco ded he sessions. The esea che can ce ainly no e o e ime ad ances and declines as one sec e a y was eplaced by ano he . Ci y eco ds we e impo an o e ain and s eps we e aken o p o ec hem, hence hei a ailabili y compa ed o o he ypes o eco ds ha ha e been los o des oyed. The e is one ca ea , he pape s o he ea ly “pueblos de indios,” in he o ganized and o ced cong egaciones ( educciones), eco ded in heo y by he esc ibanos de indios o he mos pa ha e disappea ed. Fo some impo an ci ies in Spanish Ame ica such as Lima and Qui o whole se ies o he cabildo books ha e been 270 Núme o 42, junio 2019, pp.269-271 Noble Da id Cook Reseña al lib o de Wendy K ame (coo dinado a) y Jo ge Luján Muñoz y Wendy K ame (edi o es) Lib o Segundo del Cabildo de la ϛibdad de San iago de la p o inϛia de Gua emala comenϛado a XXVII de mayo de MDXXX años. published. In o he cases such as he modes Spanish ci y Huamanga (mode n Ayacucho) only he ea lies eco ds we e p in ed in ecen decades. In some ci ies he public eco ds we e des oyed by i e, loods, o eign a acks, he s o up isings. Thei mode n publica ion o u u e in es iga o s o he pas p o ide a gua an ee hey will no disappea We a e now o una e o ha e in ou hands he wonde ul, indeed luxu ious edi ion o he long “missing” lib o segundo de la ciudad de San iago, Gua emala, coo dina ed by Wendy K ame along wi h Jo ge Luján Muñoz. Simila o many o he impo an La in Ame ican documen s, manusc ip s, books and wo ks o a ha “disappea ed” in he la e nine een h and ea ly wen ie h cen u y, his sough ou manusc ip magically eappea ed decades la e . Some emain o be ound. In so many cases hei disappea ance was he desi e o weal hy collec o s and lib a ies in Eu ope and he Uni ed S a es. In he case o he Second and Thi d cabildo books o San iago de Gua emala, i was A che Mil on Hun ing on, mul i-millionai e ounde o he Hispanic Socie y o Ame ica o New Yo k Ci y, ounded in 1904, who pu chased hem along wi h nume ous o he ex s in Leipzig, Ge many om book and manusc ip collec o and deale Ka l Hie semann. Su p isingly he wo olumes emained la gely unknown in he Hispanic Socie y’s collec ions o mo e han a hal cen u y. The his o iog aphical alue and he his o y o hei disco e y and a els o he olumes om Gua emala o Eu ope and inally o New Yo k Ci y a e me iculously p esen ed by Ch is ophe H. Lu z and Wendy K ame in he book’s “In oducción” (xxxi ) and “Pa ade o de los Lib os del Cabildo” (lxi -xc iii). Thei e o s o ace as bes as possible he whe eabou s o he olumes om 1524 o 1913 eads as a mys e y no el. The au ho s poin ou he “disappea ance” o books and manusc ip s om La in Ame ica in ecen decades has been a cons an challenge o he gua dians o na ional pa imony. Fo a nuanced analysis o his c i ical issue see he ela ed wo k by Wendy K ame , W. Geo ge Lo ell and Ch is ophe H. Lu z, Saqueo en el A chi o: el pa ade o de los eso os documen ales gua emal ecos (La An igua Gua emala: CIRMA, 2014). 271 Núme o 42, junio 2019, pp.269-271 Noble Da id Cook Reseña al lib o de Wendy K ame (coo dinado a) y Jo ge Luján Muñoz y Wendy K ame (edi o es) Lib o Segundo del Cabildo de la ϛibdad de San iago de la p o inϛia de Gua emala comenϛado a XXVII de mayo de MDXXX años. The co e o he book is o cou se he second cabildo book, and he e we ha e a p o essional ansc ip ion by Wendy K ame wi h Edga F. Chu án Al a ado. An addi ional alue o he book a e he nume ous acsimile olios ha a e o immedia e alue o anyone eaching o lea ning how o handle he paleog aphic challenges no ice esea che s oo equen ly ace. The e a e also h ee excellen indices: onomás ico, ma e ias and geog á ico, and an exhaus i e bibliog aphy. All in all, his is a majo p ima y ex ha all esea ch lib a ies should ha e. Noble Da id Cook, P o esso Eme i us Flo ida In e na ional Uni e si y, Miami