Arte de lengua cacchi para bien comun : traslado de uno que tuvo el P[adr]e P[redica]dor G[ene]r[a]l, Fray Joseph Ruiz, que de Dios gose

Name:

Torres, Pedro

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1875

Description:

A 19th-century copy of a 1741 grammar for the Kekchi language with corrections suggested by Pedro Torres, an inhabitant of Coban, and added in the margins by C. Hermann Berendt.

Language:

Spanish; Castilian

Provenance:

Copied from an original written in San Juan Chameleo in 1741 and held in the parochial archives of Coban, Vera Paz.; From the collection of C. Hermann Berendt, later acquired by Daniel Garrison Brinton (ex libris stamp on title page).; Berendt, C. Hermann 1817-1878, former owner.; Brinton, Daniel G. 1837-1899, former owner.

Subject:

Kekchi language -- Grammar; Mayan languages -- Grammar -- Early works to 1800; Indians of Central America -- Guatemala -- Languages -- Early works to 1800; Language and languages; Indians of Central America; Mayan languages -- Grammar; Mayan languages; Kekchi language

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Grammars (instructional materials); Manuscripts, Spanish; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

54 leaves : paper; 207 x 171 (152 x 120) mm bound to 213 x 184 mm

Geographic Subject:

Guatemala -- Languages -- Early works to 1800; Guatemala

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from title page (f. 3r); the third character of the word Cacchi is a Parra symbol, which has been transcribed as a c in all later references.; The original from which this copy was made is in this collection as Ms. Coll. 700 Item 68 (ff. 97r-131v).; Pagination: Paper, 54; [iv, I-III], IV, [1], 2-81, [82-84], 85-96, [iv]; pagination by Berendt in ink, upper center.; Layout: Written in 22 long lines, with corrections and additions written in the margins in red.; Script: In the hand of C. Hermann Berendt.; Watermark: Department of State, US.; Binding: Late 19th-century half-leather, marbled paper.; Origin: Copied in Coban, Guatemala, in 1875 (p. IV).; Spanish and Kekchi.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 700 Item 69

Collection:

Berendt-Brinton Linguistic Collection