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Arte en lengua zapoteca.
Mexico: Pedro Balli, 1578
Physical Description: [6], 125, [2] leaves, [1] leaf of plates : ill. (woodcut) ; 15 cm. (8vo)
Call number: B578/ J91a
Accession number: 13391
Notes: Text of grammatical treatise in Spanish, followed by “Modas de contar” (leaves 98-113), with detailed explanations of Zapotec numerical and calendar systems in Spanish and bilingual terminology (counting up to 24,000; years, months, days of the week, past and future days, hours, human age, ways of counting various objects); bilingual vocabulary for body parts (leaves 113 verso-115 recto); “Kalendar antiguo”, giving Zapotec terms with Spanish notes and headings (leaves 115 verso-122 recto); bilingual terminology for birth order of children (leaves 122 verso-123 recto); and “Cosas notables” with miscellaneous remarks in Spanish and some vocabulary including terms relating to conjuring and augury (leaves 123-125).
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Languages: Zapotec
Genre: Grammar / Vocabulary
Region: Spanish America
