Arte de la lengua chiapaneca

Contributor:

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

Name:

Albornoz, Juan de

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1870

Description:

A late 19th-century copy of Albornoz's late 17th-century grammar of the Chiapanec language, including chapters on orthography, the parts of speech, conjugation, and syntax. Two folded leaves glued to the first blank page following p. 40 contain Berendt's draft copy of the last four chapters.

Language:

Spanish; Castilian

Provenance:

Copied from a manuscript in the possession of the abbé Brasseur de Bourbourg.; From the collection of C. Hermann Berendt, later acquired by Daniel Garrison Brinton (ex libris stamp on title page).

Subject:

Chiapanec language -- Grammar; Indians of Mexico -- Languages -- Early works to 1800; Indians of Mexico -- Languages; Chiapanec language; Grammar; Language and languages

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Grammars (instructional materials); Manuscripts, Spanish

Physical Description:

34 leaves : paper; 232 x 177 (186 x 133) mm bound to 234 x 192 mm

Geographic Subject:

Mexico -- Languages; Mexico

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from title page (f. 3r).; Albornoz's closing paragraph seems to give the date 1691 for the original manuscript (p. 40).; Pagination: Paper, vi, [I-V], VI, [1], 2-40, xii; 2 leaves glued in following p. 40; contemporary page numbers in ink, upper outer corners.; Layout: Written in 30 long lines, with the main text on lined paper.; Script: In the hand of C. Hermann Berendt.; Binding: Late 19th-century half leather.; Origin: Copied in Mérida, Mexico, in 1870.; Spanish with Chiapanec examples.

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Berendt-Brinton Linguistic Collection