Item Summary

Copy of a dictionary of Pokomam (as spoken in Jilotepeque) and Chorti (as spoken in Chiquimula) with introductory notes, and a little grammar.

Descriptive Information

Title
Vocabularios de los idiomas Chiorti y Pocomane : manuscript, 1892.
Call Number
C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 251)
Identifier
https://library.princeton.edu/mssimages/garrett-gates%20mesoamerican/garrettgatesmeso251-f10r.jpg
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
1892.
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 v. (327 leaves) ; 31 x 26 cm.
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.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
"E. Goubaud & Cia. Guatemala y San Salvador Guatemala"--Stamp on front pastedown. "Arden Index, Pat. 1871"--Stamp on front flyleaf.
Binding Note
Quarter leather and cloth.

Discovery Information

Subject
Chorti language—Terms and phrases
Chorti language—Texts
Chorti language—Dictionaries—Pokomam
Pokomam language—Texts
Pokomam language—Terms and phrases
Chorti Indians—Language
Pokonchi Indians—Language
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
156

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/842b28d1-571c-4884-9f6f-8e67a2dccba8/manifest