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

Abstract:

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.

Timespan:

Guatemala.; Guatemala

Date:

1700

Identifier:

9940941893503681; (OCoLC)ocn155933071; (OCoLC)155933071; (CStRLIN)PAUR07-B93; (PU)4094189-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Mayan languages; Spanish; Castilian

Provenance:

From the collection of C. Hermann Berendt, later acquired by Daniel Garrison Brinton (ex libris stamp on title page).; Purchased by Domingo Koy from another Indian in the 19th century (Berendt preface, f. 3r).

Publisher:

[Guatemala], [before 1782]

Relation:

Exortacion à la virtud.

Subject:

Indians of Central America.; Language and languages.; Mayan languages.; Kekchi language.; Mayan languages -- Texts -- Early works to 1800.; Kekchi language -- Texts -- Early works to 1800.; Sermons, Kekchi.; Indians of Central America -- Guatemala -- Languages -- Early works to 1800.; Sermons.; Hybrid books.; Codices.; Texts.; Manuscripts, Spanish.

Resource Type:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

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

Personal Name:

Berendt, C. Hermann (Carl Hermann), 1817-1878, former owner.; Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison), 1837-1899, former owner.

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Binding: Late 19th-century half leather.; 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.; 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:

Ms. Coll. 700

Collection:

Berendt-Brinton Linguistic Collection.