Summary: | Binder's title: Akoiatonsera. Joseph de Laronde. Includes blank leaves in front. Includes alphabetic tables of canticles. Attributed to J.A. Cuoq. cf. National union catalog pre-1956 imprints. "The first part of this work, pp. 3-108, is occupied with the service for the mass in the Mohawk, many of the prayers having headings in Latin and explanations in French, and most of the service is set to music. The second part, pp. 109-294, is headed Livre de chant pour la messe et les vêpres. The third part, pp. 295-410, Formulaire de prières, is by Father J. Marcoux, the colophon being dated Kanna8ake [i.e. Caughnawaga] 15 janvier 1852 and signed with his Indian name, Sose Tharonhiakanere. The fourth part, pp. 411-452, is headed Supplément aux cantiques et aux prières. Following the table are an alphabetic list of the canticles in Iroquois and a list of those in Algonquin, the latter, numbering 59, being scattered throughout parts 1, 2, and 4"--cf. Pilling, J.C. Bibl. of the languages of the North American Indians, 1:50-51. Texts in Mohawk, Iroquois, Algonkin and French. Pilling, J.C. Bibl. of the languages of the North American Indians Mode of access: Internet.
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