Diccionario huasteco-español : estractado de la Noticia de la lengua huasteca con catecismo y doctrina christiana y con un copioso diccionario por Carlos de Tapia Zenteno

Name:

Tapia Zenteno, Carlos de

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1867

Description:

Dictionary of about 3,000 words of the Huastec language, copied by C. Hermann Berendt from Carlos de Tapia Zenteno's work on the Huastec language, published in Mexico in 1767. Berendt made a number of additions, including words from Maya in blue ink and Cakchikel in red ink for comparison. The dictionary is followed by grammatical notes and a partial copy of the Cathecismo y doctrina christiana en lengua huasteca from Tapia Zenteno's work.

Language:

Spanish; Castilian

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:

Catholic Church -- Doctrines; Catholic Church; Huastec language -- Dictionaries -- Spanish; Huastec language -- Texts; Mayan languages -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc. -- Early works to 1800; Mayan languages -- Grammar -- Early works to 1800; Mayan languages -- Texts -- Early works to 1800; Indians of Mexico -- Languages -- Early works to 1800; Language and languages; Indians of Mexico -- Languages; Mayan languages; Mayan languages -- Grammar; Huastec language

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Dictionaries; Glossaries; Prayers; Translations (documents); Manuscripts, Spanish; Texts; Glossaries, vocabularies, etc; Controlled vocabularies; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

146 leaves : paper; 191 x 121 mm bound to 196 x 134 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).; Table of contents: 1.p.1-211: Diccionario huasteco-español.; Table of contents: 2.p.213-223: Noticias gramaticales.; Table of contents: 3.p.225-283: Cathecismo y doctrina christiana en lengua huasteca.; Pagination: Paper, 146; ii + 288 + ii; contemporary pagination stamped in blue ink, upper outer corners.; Layout: The catechism and doctrine is written in parallel in Huastec and Spanish, with Huastec on the left page and Spanish on the right page of each opening.; Script: In the hand of C. Hermann Berendt.; Binding: 1860s leather with minimal gilt tooling; paper label inside upper cover from B. Westermann & Co., 440 Broadway, New York.; Origin: Copied in New York, 1867.; Huastec and Spanish, with some words in Maya and Cakchikel.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 700 Item 82

Collection:

Berendt-Brinton Linguistic Collection