Vae ri qutubal qhabal, Ealahicabal pe richin Christianoil tzih Doctrina christiana tucheex
Contributors: Pinart, A. L. (Alphonse Louis), 1852-1911
Publisher: Por Sebastian de Arebalo
Published: año de 175-
Place of publication: En Guatemala
Language: myn; spa
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: Texts; Cakchikel; Creeds; CSAIP; Cakchikel language; Indian linguistics; Catholic Church
Other titles: Vae ri qutubal qhabal, Kalahicabal pe richin Christianoil tzih Doctrina christiana tucheex.
Notes: Text in Cakchikel and Spanish in parallel columns.

Caption title. Some letters are in special font symbols corresponding to phonemes that do not exist in Western languages and are not, therefore, representable in the Roman alphabet.

As given, title corresponds to the abbé Brasseur de Bourbourg's "transcription" as found on the ms. title page he created for this work, no other copy of which appears to exist. However, in his Bibliothèque Mexico-Guatémalienne, Brasseur de Bourbourg gives the title as: Vae ri qutubal qhabal, Kalahicabal pe richin Christianoil tzih Doctrina tucheex. Medina cites the latter.

Imprint statement from Brasseur de Bourbourg. Predicated on Arévalo having been the printer who devised the special font symbols for Cakchikel phonemes that do not exist in Western languages and alphabets. Although active between 1727 and 1771, Arévalo apparently created the font symbols in 1753 for Ildefonso José Flores's Arte de la lengua metropolitana del reyno Cakchiquel, the only other known work printed in Cakchikel during the colonial period. Therefore, the Vae ri qutubal was probably printed sometime between 1753 and 1771.

Signatures: [A]⁴ B-C⁴

Brasseur de Bourbourg. Bib. Mexico-Guatémalienne, p. 147.

Medina, J.T. Guatemala, 1083.

Palau y Dulcet (2. ed.) 346725.

Sabin 98285.

Viñaza. Bib. española de lenguas indígenas, 1014.

Provenance of John Carter Brown Library copy: Brasseur de Bourbourg: bookplates; Alphonse Louis Pinart: bookplate.

John Carter Brown Library copy lacks title page. Leaves [A]3-4 appear to be bound out of order. Given the deteriorated state of copy (portions of text missing), it is impossible to establish true order. Excessively trimmed. Has added foliation in ms. (217-228)