Mexican Indian languages : vocabularies of the Zapoteco from Suchitan, Zoque from Chimalapa and Mixe from Guichicori / collected by E. A. Fuertes.

Abstract:

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.

Creator:

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

Timespan:

Mexico.; Mexico

Date:

1872

Identifier:

9940733833503681; (OCoLC)ocn155930760; (OCoLC)155930760; (PU)4073383-penndb-Voyager; (CStRLIN)PAUR06-B322

Language:

English; Spanish; Castilian; Zapotec; Central American Indian languages

Provenance:

From the collection of C. Hermann Berendt, later acquired by Daniel Garrison Brinton (ex libris stamp on title page).; Copied from the manuscript submitted by E. A. Fuertes to the Smithsonian.

Publisher:

[New York], [1872-1873]

Relation:

Dr. C. H. Berendt's analytical alphabet for Mexican and Central American languages.

Subject:

Mixe language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.; Language and languages.; Zapotec language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.; Zapotec Indians.; Zoque Indians.; Mixe Indians.; Indians of Mexico -- Languages.; Mixe language.; Zoque language.; Zapotec language.; Zoque language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.; Glossaries.; Hybrid books.; Codices.; Field notes.; Controlled vocabularies.; Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.; Manuscripts, American.

Resource Type:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

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

Personal Name:

Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison), 1837-1899, former owner.; Berendt, C. Hermann (Carl Hermann), 1817-1878, former owner.; Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878, addressee.

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Origin: Written in New York, 1872-1873.; Ms. codex.; Decoration: Includes small drawings in ink to accompany field notes.; 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.; Binding: Late 19th-century boards.; English, Spanish, Zapotec, Zoque, and Mixe.

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 700

Collection:

Berendt-Brinton Linguistic Collection.