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Arte de la lengua quichua.
Lima: Francisco Lasso, 1619
Physical Description: [4], 44, 8, [9-16], [24], 15, [1] leaves ; 15 cm. (8vo)
Call number: B619/ T693a
Accession number: 04846
Notes: Preliminary matter in Spanish. The “Arte” proper, a grammar in Spanish with Quechua examples, includes a list of over 50 terms for consanguineous, affinal, and spiritual kinship and concludes with an index (leaves [1]-44r, 2nd count). Also contains vocabularies and religious texts: “Confessonario [sic] breve en quichua” (leaves [1]-8, [9-12r], 3rd and 4th counts), in Quechua on left pages withSpanish and Latin facing; “Orden de celebrar el matrimonio y velaciones” and “Para administrar el viatico” (leaves [12v-16r], 4th count), primarily in Quechua with some Spanish and Latin. “Vocabulario breve en la lengua quichua, de los vocablos mas ordinarios” (leaves [1-24], 5th count) lists approximately 1000 entries in Spanish with Quechua equivalents in parallel columns; “Breve vocabulario que comiença por los vocablos quichua al trocado del passado” (leaves [1]-15, 6th count) lists over 700 items in Quechua with Spanish equivalents. Also contains “Letania de Nuestra Señora en lengna [sic] quichua” (leaf [4], 1st count) and “Acto de contricion” (leaf [1], final count).
Languages: Quechua
Genre: Catechisms and Creeds / Dictionary / Grammar
Region: Spanish America
