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Biondelli, Bernardino, 1804-1886.

Sull' antica lingua azteca o nahuatl: osservazioni di B. Biondelli.

Milan: Tipografia Bernardoni, 1860

Physical Description: 20 p. ; 32 cm. (fol.)

Call number: B858/ C363e/ 2-SIZE

Accession number: 02814

Notes: An essay in Italian on the Nahuatl language; includes discussion of etymology and a brief vocabulary (p. 12-13) giving 40 Nahuatl terms with apparent similarities to their equivalents in various European languages. This list overlaps heavily with the similar but longer list in the Evangelarium epistolarium with which it is bound.

JCB copy bound with: Catholic Church. [Lectionary. Nahuatl & Latin]. Evangeliarum epistolarium et lectionarium Aztecum, Milan: Jos. Bernadoni, [1858].

Digital facsimile copy of book available.

Languages: Nahuatl

Genre: Grammar / Vocabulary

Region: Spanish America