Arte de la lengua vulgar mexicana de Guatemala : qual se habla en Ezcuintla y otros pueblos deste reyno

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1700

Description:

A grammar for the Pipil language, predominantly in Spanish with Pipil examples.

Language:

Spanish; Castilian; Nahuatl languages

Provenance:

Bookplates inside upper cover: Ex Collectione Americana, Domini Brasseur de Bourbourg; Alph. Pinart, Sol Oriens Discutit Umbras, Série E.3, No. 114.; From the collection of Daniel Garrison Brinton (ex libris stamp on title page).; Brasseur de Bourbourg, abbé, 1814-1874, former owner.; Pinart, A. L. (Alphonse Louis), 1852-1911, former owner.; Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison), 1837-1899, former owner.

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); grammars (instructional materials); Manuscripts, Nahuatl; Manuscripts, Spanish

Physical Description:

31 leaves : paper; 201 x 130 mm bound to 212 x 146 mm

Geographic Subject:

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

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from 19th-century title page (f. 1r).; Foliation: Paper, 31; iii (added title page and two leaves without foliation), 184-211; foliation is later than the text, added after the text had already suffered some damage; numbers in black ink, upper right recto.; Binding: 19th-century quarter leather.; Condition: First three leaves and last leaf faded, damaged, and repaired; spine separating from front cover; some tears in gutter (ff. 189-191).; Origin: Written in Guatemala in the 18th century.; Spanish and Pipil.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 700 Item 186

Collection:

Berendt-Brinton Linguistic Collection