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Title

Apuntes y estudios sobre la lengua zoque

Authors

• Berendt, C. Hermann 1817-1878

Other related names

• Brinton, Daniel Garrison, 1837-1899, former owner

Call number

Ms. Coll. 700 Item 111
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9939486163503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79430185
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/3948616

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Spanish and Zoque

Origin

Date

1869-1870

Place

Tuxtla Gutierrez

Summary

Draft notes on the Zoque language, based on the explanations of Joaquin Santomé and others. Subjects include Zoque translations of prayers, vocabulary including a page on slang (p. 13), orthography, grammar, a comparison of Zoque and Maya (p. 36), numerals, and geographic names. Items laid in include a pencil sketch titled Filomena, a letter from José Maria Sanchez to Berendt, a list of pueblos where Zoque was spoken, and additional notes (10 items, 10 ff.). Seven of these items that are larger than the notebook have been removed, unfolded, and shelved together with the notebook.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title and attribution from title page (p. [iii]).
   

Extent

37 leaves : 210 x 174 mm. bound to 210 x 180 mm

Foliation

Paper, 37; [iv], 1-34, 34a, 35a, 35-63, [iii]; pagination in Berendt's hand in ink, upper outer corners.

Support

Paper

Binding

Quarter leather notebook with marbled cardboard covers; spine splitting.

Provenance

• From the collection of C. Hermann Berendt, later acquired by Daniel Garrison Brinton (ex libris stamp on title page).
   

Subjects topical

• Zoque language--Grammar
• Zoque language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
• Zoque language--Writing
• Indians of Mexico--Languages

Genres

• Codices
• Grammars
• Glossaries
• Notebooks
• Notes
• Drawings
• Sketches
• Manuscripts, Mexican--19th century
• Manuscripts, Spanish--19th century

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