La Pasion de n[uest]ro Señor Jesucristo en lengua zoque : los evangelios del Domingo de Ramos, Jueves Santo y Viernes Santo como los cantan los indios de Tuxtla

Date:

1870

Description:

Copies of three partial versions of texts of the Passion in the Zoque language chanted by the Indians of Tuxtla during Holy Week. A brief preface in Spanish by C. Hermann Berendt describes the chanting tradition and the originals from which he made these copies.

Language:

Central American Indian languages

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:

Jesus Christ Passion; Jesus Christ; Passion of Jesus Christ; Zoque language -- Texts; Zoque Indians -- Rites and ceremonies; Holy Week -- Mexico; Indians of Mexico -- Languages -- Texts; Indians of Mexico -- Languages; Holy Week; Zoque Indians; Rites and ceremonies; Zoque language; Language and languages

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts, Mexican; Manuscripts, Spanish; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

38 leaves : paper; 248 x 197 (189 x 150) mm bound to 252 x 198 mm

Geographic Subject:

Mexico -- Languages; Mexico

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Table of contents: 1. ff.2r-2v: Advertencia; Table of contents: 2. ff.3r-4v: Ms. No. I, Passion Domini nostri Jesu Christo, 1838.; Table of contents: 3. ff.5r-28v: Ms. No. II.; Table of contents: 4. ff.29r-34v: Ms. No. III, Pacion de Juebes Santo quesi yospapue tzesi iscobinais año de 1818 à 18 de marzo.; Title from Berendt's title page (f. 1r).; A Chiapanec version of the third copied text is in the collection as Ms. Coll. 700 Item 119.; Collation: Paper, ii + 34 + ii; I⁴ II-III¹⁰ IV-V⁶ VI².; Pagination: [iv], 1-55 (with 4-12 each repeated once), iv; page numbers in Berendt's hand in ink, upper outer corners.; Layout: Written 20 lines per page on lined paper, some embossed with a National Mills stamp.; Script: In the hand of C. Hermann Berendt (signature, f. 34v).; Binding: Late 19th-century cardboard; cloth spine splitting and first gathering nearly detached.; Origin: Copied in Tuxtla Gutiérrez in 1870.; Spanish and Zoque.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 700 Item 115

Collection:

Berendt-Brinton Linguistic Collection