Zaccicoxol, ó baile de Cortés en kiché y castellano

Timespan:

Conquest, 1519-1540

Date:

1875

Description:

A 19th-century drama in Quiché and Spanish about the conquest of Mexico. Montezuma and Cortés both appear as characters, and the title of the play is the name of another character.

Language:

Mayan languages

Provenance:

From the collection of C. Hermann Berendt, later acquired by Daniel Garrison Brinton (ex libris stamp on title page).; Berendt, C. Hermann 1817-1878, former owner.; Brinton, Daniel G. 1837-1899, former owner.

Subject:

Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547 Drama; Montezuma II, Emperor of Mexico, approximately 1480-1520 Drama; Montezuma II, Emperor of Mexico, approximately 1480-1520; Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547; Quiché language -- Texts; Quiché language; History; Mayan languages; Mayan languages -- Texts; Indians of Central America -- Guatemala -- Languages; Indians of Central America; Language and languages

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

plays (performing arts compositions); Manuscripts, Spanish; drama (literary genre); manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

37 leaves : paper; 252 x 196 mm bound to 258 x 212 mm

Geographic Subject:

Mexico; Guatemala; Guatemala -- Languages; Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540 -- Drama

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from title page (f. 1r); the third character of the title is a Parra symbol, which has been transcribed as a double c in all later references.; "This is a modern drama written by a native, in Kiche and Spanish, the plot based on the conquest of Mexico. It is one of the few correct specimens of the native drama which have been preserved, and although not possessing the claim of antiquity, presents the general style and manner of treatment adopted in the primitive scenic representations" (Brinton).; Pagination: Paper, vi + 69, followed by four blank leaves; contemporary pagination in ink, upper center.; Script: In the hand of C. Hermann Berendt; Quiché and Spanish are represented in two different scripts.; Watermark: Department of State, U.S.; Binding: Late 19th-century half-leather.; Origin: Copied in Cobán, Guatemala, in 1875.; Quiché and Spanish.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 700 Item 56

Collection:

Berendt-Brinton Linguistic Collection