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[Diccionario Tarasco-Español]
[Mexico?]: , [16th century]
Physical Description: [148] leaves ; 30 cm. (fol.)
Call number: 1-SIZE Codex / Ind / 3
Accession number: 06528
Notes: Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloguer. Incomplete Tarascan to Spanish dictionary written in two parallel columns and beginning with the word "pumbacata" and ending with "tzurequi"; also includes philological notes within the text explaining the roots of the Tarascan language. Attributed to Maturino Gilberti in "Fr. Maturino Gilberti y sus escritos inéditos" by Nicolas León in Anales del Museo Michoacano, año 2, Morelia, Mexico, 1889, p. 124-136, no. 1. John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: first 9 lives are torn and wanting pieces at gutter edge and also burned at upper right hand corner; many leaves have holes due to iron gall ink, causing substantial loss of text; leaf [148] is mostly torn and incomplete; some leaves closely cropped at head of text block affecting word headings. John Carter Brown Library copy bound in 18th or 19th century full mottled calf. Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: Dr. Nicolas León: bookplate on front pastedown and book stamp on leaf [1] and other leaves; Joaquin García Icazbalceta: evidence from JCB manuscript shelflist guide.
Languages: Tarascan
Genre: Dictionary
Region: Spanish America
