La Pasion en lengua chapaneca : canciones de los indios de Suchiapa

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1870

Description:

A 19th-century copy of the 18th-century ordenanzas, or rules, of three confraternities in the pueblo of Suchiapa, Mexico, including portions of the Passion sung in church during Holy Week. The first two sets of ordenanzas have concluding sections titled "Domingo de Ramos." The second set of ordenanzas also has at its end a note by Berendt concerning a 19th-century note in another copy of the ordenanzas. Brief information in Spanish about the confraternities and the texts that were copied precedes the Chiapanec texts (pp. vii-viii).

Language:

Central American Indian languages; Spanish; Castilian

Provenance:

Copied from multiple copies, including those kept by the confraternities in Suchiapa.; From the collection of C. Hermann Berendt, later acquired by Daniel Garrison Brinton (ex libris stamp on title page).; Berendt, C. Hermann (Carl Hermann), 1817-1878, former owner.; Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison), 1837-1899, former owner.

Subject:

Jesus Christ Passion Early works to 1800; Jesus Christ; Cofradías (Latin America) -- Early works to 1800; Chiapanec language -- Texts; Indians of Mexico -- Languages -- Texts; Indians of Mexico -- Languages; Chiapanec language; Cofradías (Latin America); Passion of Jesus Christ; Language and languages

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

52 leaves : paper; 218 x 175 (175 x 115) mm bound to 224 x 188 mm

Geographic Subject:

Chiapas (Mexico) -- Religious life and customs; Mexico -- Languages; Mexico

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from title page (p. [v]); according to Berendt's introduction, the dates probably represent the dates that the copies that were his sources were made.; Table of contents: 1. pp. 1-28: Las ordenanzas de la Cofradia de la Santa Cruz, 1780.; Table of contents: 2. pp. 29-64: Las ordenanzas de la Cofradia de Jesus Nazareno, 1781.; Table of contents: 3. pp. 65-94: Las ordenanzas de la Cofradia de Nostra Señora del Rosario, 1723.; A rough draft by Berendt of his introduction is glued to one of the front flyleaves added in binding.; Pagination: Paper, 52; x, [1], 2-93, [94]; contemporary page numbers in ink, upper center, except on section title pages.; Layout: Written in 24 lines per page on lined paper.; Script: In the hand of C. Hermann Berendt.; Decoration: Several 1.5- or 2-line initials in red ink, one with a rather intricate box surrounding it (p. 86).; Binding: Late 19th-century half leather.; Origin: Copied in the Chiapas province of Mexico in 1870.; Chiapanec, with an introduction in Spanish.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 700 Item 120

Collection:

Berendt-Brinton Linguistic Collection