Arte de la lengua Utalteca ó Kiché, vulgarmente llamado el Arte de Totonicapan / compuesto por el Rdo. Padre Fray Marcos Martinez de la Orden de Predicadores, 1575

Item — Box: 57, Folder: 6

Identifier: MSS 279 Series 8 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 22

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Scope and Contents

Includes a grammar (47 leaves), analysis of words (10 leaves), and a catechism (6 leaves). Brasseur de Bourbourg acquired the manuscript from a Belgian engineer named Van de Gehuchte, who obtained it from the parish archives at Totonicapan. It apparently served as a model for the grammar of Ximenez and the Cakchiquel grammar of Flores.

Dates

Creation: 1575

Language of Materials

Item in Quiché and Spanish.

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from William Gates papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.