[Calendarios de los indios de Guatemala]

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1878

Description:

Works on the calendars of the Quiché and Cakchikel Indians copied by C. Hermann Berendt and bound together.

Language:

Spanish; Castilian

Provenance:

From the collection of C. Hermann Berendt, later acquired by Daniel Garrison Brinton (ex libris stamp on component title pages).; Berendt, C. Hermann 1817-1878, former owner.; Brinton, Daniel G. 1837-1899, former owner.

Subject:

Calendars -- Early works to 1800; Mayan languages -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc. -- Early works to 1800; Indians of Central America -- Guatemala -- Languages -- Early works to 1800; Language and languages; Indians of Central America; Mayan languages; Calendars

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Calendars (documents by form); Manuscripts, Spanish; Controlled vocabularies; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

54 leaves : paper, illustrations; 266 x 208 mm bound to 273 x 220 mm

Geographic Subject:

Guatemala -- Languages -- Early works to 1800; Guatemala

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Table of contents: 1. ff.1r-36v: Calendario de los indios de Guatemala, 1722, Kiché.; Table of contents: 2. ff.41r-54r: Calendario de los indios de Guatemala, 1685, Cakchiquel.; Title for volume supplied by cataloger based on the title pages (ff. 1r, 41r) of the component works.; Individual records for the component works may be found under the title Calendario de los indios de Guatemala.; Additional notes on the Quiché calendar (and perhaps others) pasted inside the front cover and to the front flyleaf.; Pagination: Paper, 54; ii, [I-III], IV-XI, diagram, 4 ff. blank, [1], 2-50, 5 ff. blank, [1-3], 4-27; contemporary page numbers in ink, upper center.; Script: In the hand of C. Hermann Berendt.; Binding: 19th-century half leather.; Origin: Copied in Guatemala in 1877 and 1878.; Spanish, Quiché, and Cakchiquel.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 700 Item 57 and Item 58

Collection:

Berendt-Brinton Linguistic Collection