| author | Fray Antonio de Ciudad Real |
|---|---|
| life | 1551 - 1617. Lived in Mérida, Yuc. 1573 - 1617. |
| title | Gran diccionario o Calepino de la lengua maya de Yucatán |
| ms. finished | ~ 1614 |
| content | Maya-Spanish dictionary with many examples of usage. |
| size | 466 folios recto and verso; 15,975 entries |
| comment | Produced in the Convento Franciscano de Motul, Yucatán. Partly based on the Bocabulario, but almost double its size. Ciudad Real worked 40 years on the ms., to an old age. |
| editions |
Martínez Hernández, Juan (ed.) 1929, ‘Diccionario de Motul maya español’ atribuido a Fray Antonio de Ciudad Real y ‘Arte de lengua maya’ por Fray Juan Coronel. Mérida, Yucatán: Compañia Tipográfica Yucateca. First publication. Copyright 1929, published 1930. Ciudad Real, Antonio de 1984, Calepino maya de Motul. 2 vols. Edición de René Acuña. México D.F.: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Gramáticas y diccionarios, 2). Facsimile edition of the ms. Specimen. Arzápalo Marín, Ramón 1995, Calepino de Motul. Diccionario Maya-Español. 3 tomos. México D.F.: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Edition on the basis of the ms.. Vol. III contains a "paleographic" transcription; vol. I presents a heavily edited and modified version. Ciudad Real, Antonio de 2001, Calepino Maya de Motul. Edición crítica y anotada por René Acuña. México D.F.: Plaza y Valdés. Critical and annotated edition on the basis of the ms. |
| secondary |
The earliest extant ms. (conserved in the John Carter Brown Library) is a copy, probably made by a Mayan scribe from the original. By paleographic criteria, it was made shortly after 1600. The ms. must have continually grown over many years; some material dates back to 1577.
The ms. consists of two volumes, of which only the first is presented above. The second (occasionally called Motul II) is a Spanish-Maya vocabulary of a somewhat later date, by an anonymous author. It would consist of 236 folios, but 43 are missing. It is a variant of the Bocabulario.