Vocabulario de la lengua española y tzeldal

Name:

Ara, Domingo de

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1600

Description:

A copy, probably made in the 17th century, of an alphabetical list of Spanish names, words, and phrases, with translations in Tzeltal.

Language:

Spanish; Castilian; Mayan languages

Provenance:

Bookplate inside front cover: Ex Collectione Americana, Domini Brasseur de Bourbourg.; A transcript of a portion of a 1922 letter from Adela C. Breton to G. B. Gordon attached to the pages before the manuscript suggests that this manuscript was not part of the Berendt collection but passed through the collections of the abbé Brasseur de Bourbourg, A. L. Pinart, and Eugène Boban before Daniel Garrison Brinton purchased it separately.; 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.; Boban, Eugène, former owner.; Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison), 1837-1899, former owner.

Subject:

Tzeltal language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc; Mayan languages -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc. -- Early works to 1800; Indians of Mexico -- Languages -- Early works to 1800; Language and languages; Indians of Mexico -- Languages; Mayan languages; Tzeltal language

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); glossaries; Manuscripts, Mexican; Manuscripts, Spanish; controlled vocabularies

Physical Description:

198 leaves : paper; 202 x 145 mm bound to 217 x 161 mm

Geographic Subject:

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

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from title page (f. 1r).; Foliation: Paper, 198 (no leaf 35, unnumbered leaf between 80 and 81); contemporary numbers, upper right recto.; Script: Copied in two hands, ff. 1-120 and ff. 120-198.; Binding: 19th-century boards.; Condition: Extensive worm damage, ff. 83-106, minor worm damage present throughout.; Origin: Probably copied in the 17th century, location unknown.; Spanish and Tzeltal.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 700 Item 185

Collection:

Berendt-Brinton Linguistic Collection