Doctrina y confesionario en lengua ixil : precedidos de un corto modo para aprender la lengua y ritual de matrimonio

Date:

1824

Description:

A collection by the parish priest of Nebaj, with a title page added by Berendt. Contents include notes on Ixil grammar and vocabulary; notes on the liturgical calendar in the pueblos of Nebaj, Chajul, and Cotzal, all in the department of Quiché; a parallel translation of the marriage ceremony in Spanish and Ixil; and a doctrinal collection including prayers, commandments, sacraments, and the articles of faith in Ixil and a parallel translation of the sacrament of confession in Ixil and Spanish.

Language:

Mayan 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:

Catholic Church -- Doctrines; Catholic Church; Ixil language -- Grammar; Ixil language -- Texts; Mayan languages -- Texts; Indians of Central America -- Guatemala -- Languages; Indians of Central America; Sacraments -- Catholic Church; Mayan languages; Ixil language; Language and languages; Sacraments -- Catholic Church -- Handbooks, manuals, etc

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Grammars (instructional materials); Prayers; Translations (documents); Manuscripts, Spanish; Handbooks and manuals; Texts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

34 leaves : paper; 160 x 114 mm bound to 166 x 127 mm

Geographic Subject:

Guatemala; Guatemala -- Languages

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from later title page added by Berendt (f. 1r).; Foliation: Paper, 34; some foliation added by Berendt in red ink, upper right recto (ff. 4-9, 12-25 are numbered 1-6, 7-20); modern pencil foliation, lower right recto (modern foliation used in this record).; Decoration: Pencil sketches of a man and a plant (f. 26v).; Binding: Late-19th/early-20th-century half leather; holes from original sewing are visible in gutter; booklet was disbound and each page mounted separately in rebinding.; Origin: Compiled in Nebaj, Guatemala, ca. 1824 (f. 21v).; Ixil and Spanish.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 700 Item 91

Collection:

Berendt-Brinton Linguistic Collection