Pláticas de la historia sagrada en lengua cacchii : del siglo XVIImo

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1700

Description:

A 18th-century copy of sermons in Kekchi in a variety of hands from the 17th century, on topics such as St. Thomas Aquinas, Pope Gregory, St. Benito Abad, the Ascension, Corpus Christi, the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, the apostles Peter and Paul, and preparation for confession. Berendt also lists astronomical-religious notes in his table of contents. Bound in after the manuscript are two leaves (pp. 71-74) from a printed work with the running title Liber primero de la exortacion à la virtud.

Language:

Mayan languages

Provenance:

Purchased by Domingo Koy from another Indian in the 19th century (Berendt preface, f. 3r).; 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 -- Sermons; Catholic Church; Language and languages; Indians of Central America; Mayan languages; Kekchi language; Sermons, Kekchi; Kekchi language -- Texts -- Early works to 1800; Mayan languages -- Texts -- Early works to 1800; Indians of Central America -- Guatemala -- Languages -- Early works to 1800

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Sermons; Hybrid books; Codices; Manuscripts, Spanish; Texts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

134 leaves : paper; 208 x 152 mm bound to 214 x 176 mm

Geographic Subject:

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

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from Berendt's later title page (f. 2r).; Foliation: Paper, 134; modern pencil foliation, lower right recto; these numbers include four leaves before the early manuscript, so the marked foliation is always four ahead of the entries in Berendt's table of contents.; Binding: Late 19th-century half leather.; Origin: Written in Guatemala before 1782 (dated note, f. 132).; Kekchi, with two printed pages in Spanish and front matter in Spanish added in 1875 by Berendt .

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 700 Item 79

Collection:

Berendt-Brinton Linguistic Collection