Berendt, C. Hermann (Carl Hermann), 1817-1878; Grajales, Julian
Date:
1869/1870
Description:
A collection of drafts of notes on Chiapanec grammar, idioms, phrases, history, geography, family names, alphabet, numerals, and calendar. Also includes notes from cofradía ordenanzas, a copy by Berendt of a map of Chiapa prepared by D. Julian Grajales in 1868, and the text of the Lord's prayer in Chiapanec.
Language:
Spanish; Castilian
Provenance:
Copied from a variety of sources or composed by C. Hermann Berendt.; 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.
33 leaves : paper; 213 x 180 mm bound to 227 x 186 mm + 4 leaves laid in.
Geographic Subject:
Mexico -- Languages; Mexico
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Notes:
Ms. codex.; Title from title page (f. 1r).; Detached notes (4 leaves) are housed separately and shelved with the manuscript.; Notes in this manuscript include material in draft form that appears in final form in Item 116, Item 117, and Item 120 of Ms. Coll. 700.; Foliation: Paper, 33; modern pencil foliation, upper right recto, 1-32, skipping a leaf glued in between leaves 3 and 4.; Binding: Late 19th-century boards with cloth spine.; Origin: Written in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico, in 1869 and 1870.; Spanish and Chiapanec.
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 700 Item 121
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