MALCOLME — MALLERY. 471 
Maldonado {Fr. Francisco) — continued. 
2414 Sermones super evangelia que in sanctorum festivitatibus 
leguntur: Cum eorumdem vitis, et transitis idiomatbe Guatimaleusi 
Cakchiquel. Per fratrem Franciscum Maldonado. Ordinis divi 
Francisci predicatorem. Olim que diffinitorem nominis Jesu Gua- 
themalensis provincie aluninum licet Matriti natum. Anno D. M. 
LXXI [1671] [sie\. * 
Manuscript. 2 unnumbered 11., 153 11. foUo. 
He bad an admirable knowledge of tbe three dialects of the princiiJal lan- 
guage of this country, Quiche, Cakchiqnel, and Tzutuhil.in which he wrote a 
great number of religious works and treatises, all of which remained in manu- 
script. Such was the estimation in which they were held that many were trans- 
lated into Spanish for the use of missionaries and priests. — Brasseur de Bourhourg. 
Beristain speaks of this author, as follows : 
He united so admirably the most profound theological knowledge with the 
perfect understanding of the difficult Quich(S, Cakchiquel, and Tutuchil idioms, 
that he formed a complete Teologia Indiana, very useful to the teaching priests 
of those provinces and very advantageous to the neophytes. 
He left at his death 13 volumes in manuscript, some of which are preserved 
in the library of the Franciscan Fathers of Guatemala, and others translated into 
^ Spanish are in possession of the missionaries and parish priests, according to P. 
Arochena, who thus enumerates the writings of this author : 
2415 lustruccion teologica de los Indios. » 
2 vols, of more than 100 pp. each. 
2416 ExpUcacion del Simbolo de la Fe. * 
1 vol. 
2417 Explicacion de los milagros de Jesucristo. * 
1 vol. 
2418 Dialogo moral y politico. • 
i vol. 
2419 Sermones varios. * 
2 vols. 
2420 ExpUcacion de los Sacramentos. — ExAmen de penitentes. — 
Pr^ctica de Confesores. — Explicacion de los Indulgencias. * 
4 vols. All in the idioms mentioned. 
2421 Mallery {Col. Garrick). Smithsonian Institution— Bureau of Eth- 
nology I Introduction | to the | Study of Sign Language | among 
the I North American Indians | as | illustrating the gesture speech 
of mankind | By Garrick Mallery | Brevet Lieut. Col., U. S. 
Army | 
Washington | Government Printing Office | 1880 | JWP. 
Printed cover 1 1., pp. i-iv, 1-72. 4°. 
2422 Smithsonian Institution — Bureau of Ethnology | J. W. 
Powell, Director | A Collection | of | Gesture-Signs | and Signals | 
of the I North American Indians | with | some comparisons | by | 
Garrick Mallery | Brevet Lieut. Col. and formerly Acting Chief 
Signal Officer, U. S. Army | Distributed only to collaborators | 
Washington | Government Printing Office | 1880 | JWP. 
Printedcoverl 1., title, reverse blank 1 l.,pp. 1-329. 4-^. Only 200 copies of this 
were printed. 
