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Title Arte de las tres lenguas kakchiquel, quiché y tzutuhil

Creator Ximenez, Francisco, 1666-approximately 1722

Date 1700-1703

Language Mayan languages, Spanish

Place Guatemala

Subjects Cakchikel language, Catholic Church, Quiché Indians, Quiché language, Quiché mythology

Description Holograph.
In double columns.

Summary Indian language grammar, devotional handbook, and transcription of the Popol vuh by Dominican Father Francisco Ximénez, parish priest of the pueblo of Santo Tomás Chichicastenango, probably written between 1700 and 1703. Leaves 1-93 contain a Cakchikel-Quiché-Tzutuhil grammar. Religious material in the "Tratado segundo" (leaves 94-119) includes a copy of a letter of Feb. 1580 from Father Alonso Noreña, responding to doctrinal questions on the confessions of the Indians; and--in various combinations of Cakchikel, Quiché, Tzutuhil, and Spanish--a confession; a catechism; important prayers; the Ten Commandments; explanations of the sacraments, sins, and virtues; the Beatitudes; and questions for the administration of the sacraments of baptism, marriage, and the viaticum. The text which begins "Empiezan las historias del origen de los indios de esta provincia de Guatemala," [4], 56 leaves at the end, is the earliest remaining ms. of the Popol vuh, transcribed by Ximénez in Quiché and translated by him into Spanish. It contains the legends explaining the creation of the world, the origins and early migrations of Central American Indians, their history and traditions, and the chronology of the last Quiché kings and rulers. The final text, "Escolios a la historia de el origen de los indios," 6 leaves at the end, contains Ximénez's comments on the history and fragments of a confession, as well as an apostrophe praising the Dominican Order, dated Aug. 14, 1734 and signed "Echave."

Extent 2 v. ([4], 120 ; [4], 56, 6 leaves) ; 31 cm

Format Catechisms, Devotional literature, Early works, Manuscripts, Prayers, Texts

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection, Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection, Edward E. Ayer North and Middle American Indian Linguistics Collection

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BibID 991370838805867

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Manifest

Filename 991370838805867_ayer_ms_1515_vol_1

Unique Identifier NL11II8L

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