Copies of sermons selected by C. Hermann Berendt from an 18th-century manuscript collection of sermons. Includes six sermons for Lent and sermons on souls and the dead. Followed by a list of Maya words with Spanish equivalents (p. 228-229). A page of notes by Berendt on the other sermons in the collection, originally pasted to p. 137, torn free, and stored loose within the manuscript, has been removed and is shelved with the manuscript.
pages 118-229 : paper; 191 x 121 mm bound to 198 x 135 mm
Personal Name:
Berendt, C. Hermann (Carl Hermann), 1817-1878, former owner.; Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison), 1837-1899, former owner.
Rights:
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Notes:
Ms. component part.; Item 47 is bound and shelved with Item 46.; Title from title page (p. 119).; Pagination: Paper, 57; 118-229; page numbers stamped in blue ink, upper outer corners.; Layout: Written in 20-21 long lines.; Origin: Copied in Mérida in 1870 (note, p. 119).; Decoration: Drawing in red ink of the watermark of the original manuscript, showing three circles in a vertical line with a cross topping the top one, the letters CL in the middle one, a floral shape in the bottom one, and the capital letter I below the bottom one (p. 118).; Script: Written in the hand of C. Hermann Berendt, with Latin words in italics.; Maya, with Latin words in sermons and title page and notes in Spanish.
Physical Location:
Ms. Coll. 700
Collection:
Coleccion de platicas doctrinales y sermones en lengua maya; Berendt-Brinton Linguistic Collection.
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