Doctrina christiana y confesionario en lengua kekchí y castellano : con un pequeño vocabulario, del archivo de la parroquia de Coban

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1875

Description:

An 1875 copy of a collection of Catholic doctrine in Spanish with a parallel translation in the Kekchi language. Contents include texts of prayers (Lord's prayer, Ave Maria), the act of contrition, and confession; a declaration of doctrine in the form of a catechism; and lists of the ten commandments, sacraments, and articles of faith. Appendices give Kekchi words for the parts of the body, kinship relations, animals, and birds. A table of contents follows the last item.

Language:

Mayan languages

Provenance:

Copied from a manuscript in the archives of the parish of Cobán that was a more recent copy of an older original, with the assistance of Don Manual Gonzalez, vicar of Alta Verapaz and parish priest of Cobán (Berendt note, f. 4r).; 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 -- Early works to 1800; Catholic Church; Kekchi language -- Texts -- Early works to 1800; Kekchi language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc; Mayan languages -- Texts -- Early works to 1800; Indians of Central America -- Guatemala -- Languages -- Early works to 1800; Language and languages; Indians of Central America; Mayan languages; Kekchi language

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

prayers (compositions); translations (documents); Manuscripts, Spanish; controlled vocabularies; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

40 leaves : paper; 278 x 208 (213 x 173) mm bound to 283 x 220 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).; Pagination: Paper, viii + 51 + xxi; pagination in Berendt's hand, upper center.; Layout: Written in two columns (Spanish on the left, Kekchi on the right) of 34 lines.; Script: Written in the hand of C. Hermann Berendt.; Binding: Late 19th-century half leather; upper cover detached.; Origin: Copied in Cobán, Guatemala, in February 1875.; Spanish and Kekchi.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 700 Item 188

Collection:

Berendt-Brinton Linguistic Collection