Doctrina christiana y confesionario en lengua kekchí y castellano : con un pequeño vocabulario, del archivo de la parroquia de Coban / copiado por C. Hermann Berendt, M.D.

Abstract:

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.

Timespan:

Guatemala.; Guatemala

Date:

1875

Identifier:

9940783443503681; (OCoLC)ocn155932902; (OCoLC)155932902; (PU)4078344-penndb-Voyager; (CStRLIN)PAUR07-B2

Language:

Mayan languages; Spanish; Castilian

Provenance:

From the collection of C. Hermann Berendt, later acquired by Daniel Garrison Brinton (ex libris stamp on title page).; 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).

Publisher:

Coban [Guatemala], 1875.

Relation:

Ave Maria.; Kekchi.; Lord's prayer.; Kekchi.; Apostles' Creed.; Kekchi.; Ten commandments.; Kekchi.

Subject:

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.; Kekchi language.; Indians of Central America.; Mayan languages.; Language and languages.; Codices.; Prayers.; Translations (documents); Manuscripts, Spanish.; Texts.; Controlled vocabularies.; Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.

Resource Type:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

40 leaves : paper; 278 x 208 (213 x 173) mm bound to 283 x 220 mm

Personal Name:

Berendt, C. Hermann (Carl Hermann), 1817-1878, former owner.; Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison), 1837-1899, former owner.

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Origin: Copied in Cobán, Guatemala, in February 1875.; Binding: Late 19th-century half leather; upper cover detached.; 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.; Ms. codex.; Spanish and Kekchi.

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 700

Collection:

Berendt-Brinton Linguistic Collection.