Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 700 Item 179: Miscellanea maya. University of Pennsylvania 2023-11-08 2023-11-08 These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 700 Item 179: Miscellanea maya. are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is ©2023 University of Pennsylvania Libraries and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Ms. codex. Title from spine. Item 179 is the first of three large scrapbooks (Items 179-181) compiled by Daniel Garrison Brinton from miscellaneous loose notes and materials of C. Hermann Berendt (Brinton, p. 32); the other two scrapbooks are entitled: Miscellanea centro-americana (Item 180), and Miscellanea historica et linguistica (Item 181). Condition: Scrapbook folios brown; two inserted manuscripts almost detached (f. 4, 58); some tipped in leaves have tears (fold-out chart, f. 69; leaf tipped in on paper guard preceding booklet at f. 59; two partial leaves tipped in by one corner, f. 87). One illustration (hand-drawn plan) has set creases that diminish its legibility (tipped in, f. 89v).. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206 University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 700 Item 179 9950048543503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/731221037 Scrapbook, assembled by Daniel Garrison Brinton, of notes, manuscripts, and clippings of C. Hermann Berendt, on topics in Maya linguistics and ethnography. A table of contents in Spanish (f. 3) has 29 headings, organized in sections for grammar (f. 4-53), vocabulary (f. 54-74), and ethnology (f. 75-98). Grammar includes comparative alphabets of Mayan languages (Huastec, Mixtec, Mam, Otomi, Zapotec) and languages of Guatemala (Cakchiquel, Quiché, Tzutuhil), as well as notes on Maya grammar. Maya vocabularies include sexual and body parts, kinship, plants, maiz, animals. Languages in comparative vocabularies include Maya, Nahuatl, Otomi, Cakchiquel, Natchez, Tzental (Tzeltal?), Chontal, Quiché, Huastec, and Putum of Palenque (Chol?). Under ethnology are headings for the character of the Indians of the Yucatán; customs and superstitions of the Maya; calendars and time reckoning; hieroglyphics; antiquities; and ethnological map. Manuscripts by Berendt include a version of his essay Analytical alphabet for Mexican and Central American languages (f. 4); and comparative vocabularies: Putum/Tzental/Chontal (f. 57); Mexicano/Maya/Otomi (title page inscribed to George Gibbs, 1864; f. 59); Maya-Cakchiquel (f. 60); Maya-Chontal-Kiche-Cakchiquel--Huasteca-Mam-Pokonchi (f. 64); and counting words in Mayan languages (fold-out chart; f. 69r). A draft letter from Berendt to Gibbs, dated 1865, pertains to Gibbs's notes on numeral systems (f. 67). Berendt's annotated transcriptions of material from other authors include D.G. Brinton's The Natchez of Louisiana (f. 62); and Calendario maya, by Juan Pío Pérez, dated 1868 (between f. 80 and 81). Also included are two versions of Catalogo de una colección de antiguedades ... de Yucatan, Campeche y Tabasco, by Florentino Jimeno, one dated 1869, with a clipping dated Mérida, 1871 (between f. 88 and 89), and the other dated 1872, prefaced by a copy of a letter from abbé Brasseur de Bourbourg, dated 1871 (between f. 89 and 90). An 8-leaf booklet containing Berendt's copy of a 1688 text in Apalachee with Spanish translation, as published by Buckingham Smith, with Berendt's annotations on a comparison to Maya, and copies of other manuscript notes by Smith, was originally inserted at f. 63; it is now detached and housed in a separate folder shelved with the manuscript. Clippings include: Central American hieroglyphics (Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, New York, 5 April 1873), signed by Berendt (f. 86); and Spanish-language articles about Yucatan antiquities or localities, mostly from Mérida, dated 1866 (f. 95) and 1871-1872 (f. 90-91, 96-98), with two by Jose T. Cervera (f. 91, 96). Predominantly in Spanish, with some English and German, and vocabulary and grammatical examples in Mayan languages, including Maya, Cakchikel, Huastec, Mam, Qhiché, and Tzeltal, as well as Nahuatl, Otomi, and Natchez; and one text in Apalachee Miscellanea maya. Berendt, C. Hermann 1817-1878 Brasseur de Bourbourg, abbé, 1814-1874 Cervera, Jose T Gibbs, George, 1815-1873 Jimeno, Florentino Pérez, Juan Pío, 1798-1859 former owner Brinton, Daniel G. 1837-1899

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 365 leaves : 366-368 x 235-238 mm bound to 374 x 265 mm + Paper, 365; 99 + xviii (blank), with a total of 248 additional leaves inserted between the scrapbook folios; 1-61, [1], 62-98; contemporary foliation in pencil, upper right recto. The manuscript proper comprises full and partial leaves tipped onto the foliated leaves, with additional leaves inserted on or between paper guards, either individually or as part of a sewn booklet. The count of 248 additional leaves includes a detached booklet of 8 leaves (f. 63) that is stored in a separate folder. In addition, six leaves are laid in: four had previously been pinned (f 9v, 36v, 75v, 93r), and two are leaves that have come loose from a manuscript tipped in between f. 57 and 58. Notes and manuscripts written in the hand of C. Hermann Berendt.

19th-century half leather (Label: Shipman's Patent Invoice & Scrap Book, patented June 13, 1871).

Written or collected between approximately 1864 (f. 59) and 1873 (f. 86).

1864-1873? From the collection of C. Hermann Berendt, later acquired by Daniel Garrison Brinton (ex libris stamp on title page). Maya language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc Mayan languages--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc Cakchikel language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc Chontal language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc Chol language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc Huastec language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc Mam language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc Natchez language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc Nahuatl language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc Nahuatl language Mayas Antiquities Apalachee language Mayan languages--Grammar Mayan languages Tzeltal language Quiché language Otomi language Natchez language Mam language Huastec language Chol language Chontal language Cakchikel language Maya language Mexico Otomi language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc Quiché language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc Tzeltal language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc Maya language--Grammar Maya language--Grammar Mayan languages--Grammar Apalachee language--Texts Maya calendar Maya calendar Mayan languages--Writing Mayan languages--Writing Indians of Mexico--Languages Indians of Mexico--Languages Indians of Central America--Guatemala--Languages Indians of Central America Guatemala Language and languages Mayas--Mexico--Antiquities Mayas--Social life and customs Mayas--Social life and customs Mexico--Antiquities Mexico--Languages Guatemala--Languages Glossaries, vocabularies, etc Glossaries Calendars (documents by form) Maps (documents) Scrapbooks Clippings (information artifacts) Manuscripts, Spanish Manuscripts, American Manuscripts, German Texts Controlled vocabularies Controlled vocabularies