Doctrina cristiana en lengua castellana, quekchí y pocomchí

Name:

Villacorta, Rafael

Date:

1875

Description:

Interlinear translation in Spanish, Kekchi, and Pokonchi of the Lord's Prayer, the Ave Maria, the Apostles' Creed, the Ten Commandments, and "Las obras de misericordia."

Language:

Spanish; Castilian; Mayan languages

Provenance:

From the collection of C. Hermann Berendt, later acquired by Daniel Garrison Brinton (ex libris stamp on Berendt's paper cover).; Berendt, C. Hermann (Carl Hermann), 1817-1878, former owner.; Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison), 1837-1899, former owner.

Subject:

Catholic Church -- Doctrines; Catholic Church; Pokonchi language -- Texts; Kekchi language -- Texts; Mayan languages -- Texts; Indians of Central America -- Guatemala -- Languages; Indians of Central America; Mayan languages; Kekchi language; Pokonchi language; Language and languages

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); prayers (compositions); translations (documents); Manuscripts, Spanish

Physical Description:

12 leaves : paper; 319 x 222 mm

Geographic Subject:

Guatemala; Guatemala -- Languages

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from title page (f. 3r); Berendt wrote the abbreviated title Doctrina cristiana quekchí y pocomchí on the paper cover.; Collation: Paper, fol. ii + 8 + ii (all with watermarks V and J); modern pencil foliation, lower right recto.; Layout: Written in 8 or 9 triple lines (Spanish, Kekchi, Pokonchi) per page, with red vertical lines dividing the text into sense units.; Binding: Paper cover over an unsewn gathering.; Origin: Written in Santo Domingo, Cobán, Guatemala, in 1875.; Spanish, Kekchi, and Pokonchi.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 700 Item 81

Collection:

Berendt-Brinton Linguistic Collection