Abecedario en la lengua que dizen qiche hecho por Mr. Francisco Barrera que han solamente se conpone de el Modo y realidad con que los Judios la Ablan el qual Notiene los Significados que tienen los latinos pero aprendiendo en el lai pronunciaciones lesera Muy facil el saberla Muy bien y con toda brebedad, y este dicho Abecedario lo hize Segun lo que alcanzo a peticion de MR. fr. Gabriel Guerrero se q[ ] en este año de 1745. Fr. Alberto Míguez : manuscript, [1745].
Forms part of the Robert Garrett Collection (C0744).
Summary note
Contains a Spanish-K'iche' dictionary and other texts, including a catechism, a confessional, a list of numeral classifiers, and a list of plants and common agricultural words (farmer's vocabulary). Cover signed by Alberto Míguez and dated 1745.
Binding note
Parchment with remnants of leather end ties; in cloth case.
Language note
Text in K'iche' and Spanish.
Provenance
Previously owned by William Gates; sold to Robert Garrett (purchased from William Gates in 1930); deposited by Garrett at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton in 1942; removed from the Institute in 1949, at Garrett's request, and donated to the Princeton University Library.
Source acquisition
Gift; Robert Garrett; 1949.
Cite as
Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 160, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
In
Robert Garrett Collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s
OCLC
53199917
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