Doctrina [christ]iana en le[n]gua çapoteca

Alternate Title:

Doctrina christiana en lengua zapoteca

Contributor:

Berendt, C. Hermann 1817-1878 (former owner); Brinton, Daniel G. 1837-1899 (former owner)

Name:

Pedro, de Feria, approximately 1524-1588

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1871

Description:

An 1871 copy of a 1567 collection of Catholic doctrine in the Zapotec language. Contents include texts of prayers (Lord's prayer, Ave Maria); the Apostles' Creed; lists of the ten commandments, sacraments, articles of faith, sins, and virtues; and a brief catechism.

Language:

Zapotec

Provenance:

Copied from the printed copy of Doctrina christiana en lengua castellana y çapoteca (Mexico: Pedro Ocharte, 1567) in the John Carter Brown Library.; From the collection of C. Hermann Berendt, later acquired by Daniel Garrison Brinton (ex libris stamp on title page).

Subject:

Catholic Church -- Doctrines -- Early works to 1800; Catholic Church -- Catechisms -- Zapotec; Catholic Church; Zapotec language -- Texts; Indians of Mexico -- Languages -- Early works to 1800; Language and languages; Indians of Mexico -- Languages; Zapotec language

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Catechisms; Prayers; Manuscripts, Mexican; Manuscripts, Spanish; Texts

Physical Description:

21 leaves : paper; 242 x 194 (188 x 144) mm bound to 247 x 205 mm

Geographic Subject:

Mexico -- Languages -- Early works to 1800; Mexico

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Dominican provincial and bishop of Chiapas and Oaxaca.; Title from title page (p. [I]); Brinton and Weeks record the title as it appears with abbreviation, Doctrina xpiana.; Pagination: Paper, 21; [i, I-III], IV, [viii], V-VII, [VIII], 1-24; pagination, when present, in ink, upper center; four additional leaves of notes sewn in after p. IV.; Layout: Written in 20 long lines.; Script: Written in the hand of C. Hermann Berendt.; Binding: Late 19th-century half leather.; Origin: Written in Providence, R.I., 1871.; Zapotec, with Spanish title page and preface.

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Berendt-Brinton Linguistic Collection