Doctrina christiana en lengua zoque

Contributor:

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

Name:

Ripalda, Gerónimo de, 1536?-1618

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1736

Description:

Fragments of two 18th-century statements of Christian doctrine in the Zoque language, one dated 1736, bound with brief notes and 19th-century texts of Christian doctrine in the Zoque language. Includes the Lord's prayer, Ave Maria, ten commandments, and Apostles' Creed, sometimes multiple versions. Also includes two pages bound in of a corrected copy made by José Maria Sanchez of portions of Gerónimo de Ripalda's Mexican catechism in Zoque.; 1. ff. 2r-52v: Doctrina christiana en lengua zoque, año de 1736; 2. ff. 55r-58v: Linguistic notes by Berendt specific to the texts in this volume.; 3. ff. 59r-60v: Doctrina cristiana segun el P. Ripalda en idioma zoque (two fold-out pages bound in).; 4. ff. 62r-69r: Fragmento de la doctrina cristiana en lengua zoque.; 5. f. 71r: Interlinear Lord's prayer in Zoque and Spanish, written by Berendt and pasted in.; 6. ff. 74r-76v: Fragmento de la doctrina cristiana en lengua zoque escrito por un indio del pueblo de San Fernando.

Language:

Central American Indian languages

Provenance:

Gift of Don José Maria Sanchez, cura de Ocosocantla, to C. Hermann Berendt, 1870 (18th-century fragments).; From the collection of C. Hermann Berendt, later acquired by Daniel Garrison Brinton (ex libris stamp on title page).

Subject:

Catholic Church -- Doctrines -- Early works to 1800; Catholic Church; 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:

Codices; Prayers; Manuscripts, Mexican; Texts

Physical Description:

76 leaves : paper; 153 x 114 mm bound to 160 x 130 mm

Geographic Subject:

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

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title based on title pages added at time of binding (ff. 2r, 62r, 74r).; Foliation: Paper, 76; foliation added later in red ink to first work, upper right recto, 2-15, [i], 17-33, 39-51; modern foliation in pencil throughout, lower right recto (modern foliation used for reference in this record).; Binding: Late 19th-century half leather.; Origin: Compiled in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico, in 1870.; Zoque, with brief notes in Spanish.

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Berendt-Brinton Linguistic Collection