Doctrina christiana en pocomchi

Name:

Aguilera, Hippolito de

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1874

Description:

A late 19th-century copy of Aguilera's 1741 manuscript giving Pokonchi translations of various foundational Catholic texts, including El Persignarse, Pater noster, Ave Maria, El Credo, Salve Regina, Praecepta Decalogi, Praecepta Ecclesiae, Septem Ecclesiae Catholicae Sacramenta, Articuli Fidei, and Beatitudines.

Language:

Mayan languages; Spanish; Castilian; Latin

Provenance:

Copied from a manuscript in the Parochial Archives of Cobán (p. [iii]).; From the collection of C. Hermann Berendt, later acquired by Daniel Garrison Brinton (ex libris stamp on title page).; Berendt, C. Hermann (Carl Hermann), 1817-1878, former owner.; Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison), 1837-1899, former owner.

Subject:

Catholic Church -- Doctrines; Catholic Church; Pokonchi language -- Texts; 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; Pokonchi language

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

12 leaves : paper; 211 x 133 mm bound to 216 x 141 mm

Geographic Subject:

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

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title and author from title page (p. [i]).; The 18th-century manuscript from which this copy was made is in the same collection under the call number Ms. Coll. 700, Item 68 (see f. 12r).; Pagination: Paper, [2 blank leaves], [iv, 1], 2-14, [1 blank leaf]; contemporary page numbers in ink, upper center.; Script: In the hand of C. Hermann Berendt.; Binding: 19th-century half leather.; Origin: Copied in Cobán, Guatemala, probably between 1874 and 1878.; Pokonchi, with a preface in Spanish and headings in Spanish and Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 700 Item 62

Collection:

Berendt-Brinton Linguistic Collection