Arte breve en lengua tzoque, conforme se hable en Tecpatlan : precedido de la doctrina christiana y catecismo en la misma lengua

Name:

González, Luis

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1870

Description:

A 19th-century copy of a 17th-century grammar of the Zoque language, preceded by prayers and a catechism in Zoque and followed by an index.

Language:

Spanish; Castilian

Provenance:

Copied from a manuscript dated 1652 in the possession of the abbé Brasseur de Bourbourg, sold to him by the Dominicans of San Cristobal in 1859 (p. [iii]).; 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:

Catholic Church -- Doctrines; Catholic Church; Zoque language -- Grammar; Zoque language -- Texts; Indians of Mexico -- Languages -- Early works to 1800; Language and languages; Indians of Mexico -- Languages; Zoque language

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

catechisms; grammars (instructional materials); Manuscripts, Mexican; Manuscripts, Spanish; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

31 leaves : paper; 233 x 181 (186 x 134) mm bound to 240 x 194 mm

Geographic Subject:

Mexico -- Languages -- Early works to 1800; Mexico

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from title page (p. [i]); attribution by the abbé Brasseur de Bourbourg in his Bibliothèque mexico-guatémalienne (p. 18).; Pagination: Paper, [vi], 57; pagination in upper outer corners, in Berendt's hand.; Layout: Written in 30 lines per page on lined paper.; Script: In the hand of C. Hermann Berendt.; Binding: 19th-century half leather; front cover nearly detached.; Origin: Copied in Mérida de Yucatan in 1870.; Spanish and Zoque.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 700 Item 108

Collection:

Berendt-Brinton Linguistic Collection