• 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].

Collections:
  • Mesoamerican Manuscripts
  • Indigenous Cultures
Format:
  • Manuscript
  • Book
Date:
  • [1745].
Subject:
Language:
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Call number:
  • C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 160)
Extent:
  • 1 v. (134 leaves) : paper ; 21 x 15 cm.
Type:
  • Dictionaries
Spatial:
  • Guatemala
Relation:
  • Robert Garrett Collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s
Text language:
  • Text in K'iche' and Spanish.
Binding note:
  • Parchment with remnants of leather end ties; in cloth case.
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.
Donor:
  • Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961
Former owner:
  • Gates, William, 1863-1940
Created:
  • 1745-01-01T00:00:00Z
Abstract:
  • 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.
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/dcd791st51v
Location:
  • Special Collections C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 160)
Edm rights:
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Range label:
  • Logical
Creator:
  • Berrera, Francisco
Author:
  • Berrera, Francisco
Contributor:
  • Míguez, Alberto, 18th century
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