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Open book Sample of 2 pages of Nez Percé dictionary sent to Bureau of Ethn. for inspection

Title Sample of 2 pages of Nez Percé dictionary sent to Bureau of Ethn. for inspection

Creator Morvillo, Anthony

Date 1892

Language English, North American Indian (Other)

Subjects English language, Nez Percé language

Description Title from added note on leaf [1]. Cf. *Ayer MS 727 folder 26 for Morvillo's letter to Pilling of Aug. 18, 1892, also mentioned in note, and related correspondence.
Sample leaves, numbered "page 1" and "page 277," correspond to p. 1, 180-181 of the text subsequently published as Dictionary of the Numípu or Nez Perce language / by a missionary of the Society of Jesus in the Rocky Mountains. Part I. English-Nez Perce. Montana: St. Ignatius' Mission Print, 1895.
Watermark of 1887.

Summary Two leaves from an English-Nez Percé dictionary compiled by Jesuit missionary Father Anthony Morvillo, probably around 1892, and forwarded to the Bureau of American Ethnology in a letter to J.C. Pilling, dated Aug. 18, 1892. The vocabulary contains English words, followed by equivalents in Nez Percé, and then definitions in English.

Extent [2] leaves ; 26 cm

Format Dictionaries, Manuscripts, American, Manuscripts, Nez Percé, Texts

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

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Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Call Number Ayer MS 1638

BibID 137317

Size 2348px × 2895px 19.47 MB

IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Filename 991373178805867_Ayer_MS_1638_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11I943