Arte de lengua cakchiquel : año de 1754

Name:

Torresano, Estevan

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1850

Description:

A 19th-century copy of Torresano's 1754 grammar for the Cakchiquel language based on Flores' Arte de la lengua metropolitana del reyno cakchiquel of 1753 (note on p. 2). It includes a section on counting in Cakchiquel (pp. 109-126); "Parallelo de las lenguas Kiche, Cakchiquel y [Tz]utuhil," a comparison of some of the grammar points of the three languages and a vocabulary list in four columns comparing common words in the three languages with translations in Spanish (pp. 127-148); "Ortographia para la buena pronunciacion de estas tres languas," a discussion of the letters which these languages have in common with Spanish and those letters omitted, as well as the Parra letters used to represent the six sounds unique to these three languages (pp. 149-155); and a number of petitions and prayers in Spanish alongside Cakchiquel translations (p. 159-179).

Language:

Spanish; Castilian

Provenance:

Copied from a copy made by or for E. G. Squier (1821-1888) from the 1754 original in the Bibliothèque Nationale (note on p. 2).; From the collection of C. Hermann Berendt, later acquired by Daniel Garrison Brinton (ex libris stamp on title page, p. 1).; Berendt, C. Hermann 1817-1878, former owner.; Brinton, Daniel G. 1837-1899, former owner.

Subject:

Cakchikel language -- Grammar; Cakchikel language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc; Quiché language -- Grammar; Quiché language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc; Tzutuhil language -- Grammar; Tzutuhil language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc; Mayan languages -- Grammar -- Early works to 1800; Mayan languages -- Writing -- Early works to 1800; Mayan languages -- Writing; Mayan languages -- Grammar; Mayan languages; Tzutuhil language; Quiché language; Cakchikel language; Language and languages

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); glossaries; grammars (instructional materials); Manuscripts, Spanish; controlled vocabularies; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

90 leaves : paper; 165 x 103 mm bound to 170 x 115 mm

Geographic Subject:

Guatemala -- Languages; Guatemala

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from title page (p. 1).; Pagination: Paper, 180; page numbers stamped in blue ink, upper outer corners.; Origin: Copied, perhaps in the United States, between 1850 and 1875.; Spanish and Cakchiquel, with some Quiché and Tzutuhil.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 700 Item 54

Collection:

Berendt-Brinton Linguistic Collection