Mexican Indian languages : vocabularies of the Zapoteco from Suchitan, Zoque from Chimalapa and Mixe from Guichicori

Contributor:

Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 (addressee)

Name:

Fuertes, E. A. (Estevan Antonio), 1838-1903

Date:

1872

Description:

C. Hermann Berendt's copy of vocabularies in Zapotec, Zoque, and Mixe (pp. 6-27) and ethnographic notes (pp. 29-53) gathered by E. A. Fuertes for the Smithsonian Institution during a U. S. Navy expedition to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Includes Berendt's corrections of and annotations to Fuertes's work and a lithograph of Dr. C. H. Berendt's analytical alphabet for Mexican and Central American languages (American Ethnological Society, 1868) pasted inside the lower cover. Loose notes (9 items, 10 leaves), originally pasted inside the covers and now shelved with the manuscript, include drafts of material in the manuscript and a letter to Joseph Henry, secretary of the Smithsonian, criticizing the contents.

Language:

English

Provenance:

Copied from the manuscript submitted by E. A. Fuertes to the Smithsonian.; 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:

Zapotec language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc; Zoque language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc; Mixe language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc; Zapotec Indians; Zoque Indians; Mixe Indians; Indians of Mexico -- Languages; Mixe language; Zoque language; Zapotec language; Language and languages

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Hybrid books; Glossaries; Field notes; Manuscripts, American; Glossaries, vocabularies, etc; Controlled vocabularies; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

40 leaves : paper; 165 x 103 mm bound to 170 x 115 mm + 12 leaves of loose notes

Geographic Subject:

Mexico -- Languages; Mexico

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Civil engineer born in Puerto Rico; chief engineer for U. S. Navy Tehuantepec expedition, 1870-1871; dean of Engineering School at Cornell University after 1873.; Title from title page (p. 3).; Pagination: Paper, 80; [1-5], 6-53 (54-80 blank); page numbers in ink, upper right recto.; Layout: Vocabularies written in 19 lines in 5 columns (English, Spanish, Zapotec, Zoque, and Mixe) across each double page opening; notes written in 19-20 long lines on rectos, with Berendt's annotations on versos and in margins, often in red ink.; Script: In the hand of C. Hermann Berendt.; Decoration: Includes small drawings in ink to accompany field notes.; Binding: Late 19th-century boards.; Origin: Written in New York, 1872-1873.; English, Spanish, Zapotec, Zoque, and Mixe.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 700 Item 107

Collection:

Berendt-Brinton Linguistic Collection