Cantares en idioma mexicano
By: reproducción facsimiliaria del manuscrito original existente en la Biblioteca nacional, que se imprime por acuerdo del Sr. Gral. Don Manuel González Cosío, secretario de fomento; en el taller de fototipia del mismo ministerio, bajo la dirección del Dr. Antonio Pen͠afiel.
Contributors: Peñafiel, Antonio, 1831-1922, ed.; Robelo, Cecilio Agustín, 1839-1916.; Biblioteca Nacional de México.
Publisher: Oficina tipografica de la Secretaria de fomento
Published: 1906
Place of publication: México
Language: spa
Number of pages: 27
Subjects: Aztec poetry.; Manuscripts, Aztec -- Facsimiles.
Other titles: Cantares mexicanos.
Notes: Half-title: Cantares mexicanos.
Colophon: La presente obra comenzóse á imprimir...el an͠o del Sen͠or de mil novecientos cuatro y se acabó el mes de julio de mil novecientos seis.
A collection of Aztec songs in the original, reduced to the Spanish alphabet, apparently compiled by a Spanish priest during the 17th century. In the opinion of the editor, Dr. Pen͠afiel, many of the songs date from before the conquest. 27 of them were translated into English by Daniel G. Brinton and published in his Ancient Nahuatl poetry, Philadelphia, 1887. The original manuscript includes, besides the songs, a Mexican calendar and several sermons and other religious works. cf. "Noticia historica". Pages [23]-27 contain seven cantos, translated into Spanish verse by C. A. Robelo.