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Title

Authors

• Bromowicz, Franz

Other related names

• Berendt, C. Hermann 1817-1878, former owner
• Brinton, Daniel Garrison, 1837-1899, former owner

Call number

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9946058203503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/444654112
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4605820

Publisher

Language

Origin

Date

1878

Place

Guatemala

Summary

Two lists of vocabulary words of about 100 words each, related to an expedition to Acasaguastlán and Jilotepeque (Jilotepec), Guatemala (the district occupied by the Pokomam Indians), undertaken by Franz Bromowicz in February 1878, for the purpose of collecting vocabularies and other information, especially with reference to the language called Alaguilac. Although Berendt noted "Pocoman de Jilotepec" on the cover (upper right corner), the manuscript itself contains references to the Chorti language rather than to Pokomam. List 1 is mainly in Spanish, German and Chorti, with a column provided for Alaguilac that is mostly blank; the first page also has a 4th column of words labeled Chol. On the last page is a list of 8 questions in German concerning the Alaguilac and the Chorti languages, the customs of the Indians that speak Alaguilac, what they call themselves, and what other Indians call them. List 2 is in Spanish and an Indian language, presumably Chorti (the column is not labeled). It has a handwritten heading in German: Vocabeln aus Jlotepec, Indianer Manuel Sanchez, repondiert [?] in Gegenwart P. Cordon; dated 16 February 1878. Included are some notes in German that refer to an original language spoken in old Indian places in the region of Jilotepeque, Pinula and Chimalapa that is of unknown origin but contains words recognized as Alaguilac. A 3rd item is a page of notes in German outlining the expedition along a time line, from 8 to 23 February 1878, with mention of a search for the Chorti language (von Chimalapa nach Jilotepec, die Chorti Sprache suchen), and the help of a certain priest (Pfarrer), Padre Cordon. Also included is a handwritten document in Spanish that appears to be a travel permit, issued for Franz Bromowicz in Magdalena on 13 February 1878, with the stamp of the municipal court, and signed by Valentin [?] Guerara.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from title page (f. 1r of paper folder).
   

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Provenance

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

Subjects topical

• Chorti language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
• Pokomam language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
• Chol language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
• Alaguilac language
• Mayan languages--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
• Indians of Central America--Guatemala--Languages

Genres

• Glossaries
• Manuscripts, Spanish--19th century
• Manuscripts, German--19th century

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