Francisco Ximénez
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This article is about the Catholic priest. For governor of Tenochtitlan, see Francisco Jiménez.
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Francisco Ximénez (1666-1729) was a Catholic priest who in 1702 translated the Popol Vuh into Spanish, doing a careful side by side copy of the original text with his translation.
[edit] References
- Schumacher, Gudrun; and Gregor Wolff (November 2004). Nachlässe, Manuskripte, und Autographen im Besitz des IAI (PDF online document), Abteilung 2, Referat 1: Nachlässe und Sondersammlungen, Berlin: Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut, Preußischer Kulturbesitz. OCLC 162302418. Retrieved on 2008-04-10. (German)

