ALGONQUIAN LANGUAGES. 



483 



Teza (E.) — Continued. 



text pp. 1-22, notice verso blank 1 1. 4°. Ex- 

 tract from vol. 18 of the Annali delle University 

 toscane. 



Algonquin (Nipissing) words and phrases, 

 pp. 2, 4, 5, 13.— Comparison of phrases in Outa- 

 vais and Nipissing, pp. 7-8. —Description of and 

 extracts from Thaveuet's manuscript Diction- 

 naive algonquinfrangais, pp. 14-18. —Etymology 

 of the word Odjibwe, pp. 18-19. — Names given 

 to different nations by the Algonquins, p. 18.— 

 Description of Thavenet's fragment of Algon- 

 quin grammar, pp. 20-21.— In a note on page 14 

 are five lines of errata in the vocabulary of Al- 

 gonquin words by Thavenot, printed at the end 

 of the Oatechismo dei missionari cattolici, Pisa, 

 1872. 



Copies seen : Eames, Pinart. 



Priced by Leclerc, 1878, no. 2966, 5 fr. 



See Catechismo dei missionari. 



See Thavenet {Jbhe 



). 



Thavenet (Ahhe ). ]Ebauche d'un dic- 



tionnaire algonquin-frau^ais. (*) 



Manuscript; about 10000 slips ; preserved in 

 the Biblioteca Vittorio Emmanuele at Rome. 

 Title from Teza (E.), Intorno agli studi del Tha- 

 venet, where some extracts from it are given, 

 pp. 14-18. 



This is the most important of Thavenet's 

 works. In many places two or more slips are 

 taken np with the illustration of a single word, 

 and numerous examples are also given. At the 

 commencement is the followiDg caution: "Ce 

 dictionnaire est pour les missions. On ne doit 

 pas le livrer au public, de peur que les protes- 

 tants ne s'en servent pour repandre leurs er- 

 reurs." The author states that the work "ne 

 contient que les mots que j'ai recueillis de la 

 bouche des sauvages : les missionaires y ajoute- 

 ront ceux qu'ils recueilleront aussi." 



Concerning this dictionary Prof. Teza re- 

 marks : " Non rammento di avere visto citato il 

 lessico del Thavenet che una sola volta, nell' 

 opera di un anonimo fraucese [Rev. J. A. 

 Cuoq] Etudes philologiques siir quelques langues 

 sauvages de VAmerique par N. O. Montreal, 

 1866: ora 11 missionario, parlando della voce 

 Odjibwe, nota (pag. 20) : ' le savant algon- 

 quiniste, M. Thavenet . . . donne dans 

 son dictionnaire manuscrit.un interpr6tation 

 . . . plausible. . .' C'^ forse o al Canadii, o tra 

 i sulpiziani di Francia copia di questo dizionario, 

 o un compendio ? o non potevano i missionari 

 consultarlo che a Roma, quando era nel con 

 vento dei Santi Apostoli ? II libro ^ una rac 

 colta prezio.sa : e per I'abbondanza delle parole, 

 e per quella degli esempi; beusi nessuno giudi 

 cherk dirittamente quanto possa aggiungere 

 alle cose che i dotti couoscono, se non paragon! 

 con cura questo lessico a quelle del Baraga ; ma 

 pur froppo il Dictionary of the Otchipwe language 

 (Cincinnati, 1853), gia stampato, somiglia a' li- 

 bri inediti, e benche da anni io lo vada cercando 



Thavenet ( ) — Continued. 



non mi riusci di trovarlo. Altri sarfl forso piti 

 fortunato: non si pud errare suppouendo che, 

 comparate le due opere, Tuna sar^ all altra di 

 sussidio, e di illustrazione." 



Dictionnaire | Algouquin-frangais. 



Manuscript, 2 p. 11. pp. 1-917, 1 I. folio, in the 

 library of the Catholic church at the mission of 

 Lac des Deux Montagues (Oka), Canada. 



On the recto of the first leaf (the verso of 

 which is blank) is written: " Ce dictionnaire 

 fait par M. Thavenet (Nikik), retourn6 en 

 france en 181.5, a 6te mis au nat en 1819 par M. 

 Charles De Bellefeuille Pretre du Seminaire de 

 Montreal. L'original sur de petits papieres a 6te 

 envoy6 en france sur lademande de I'auteur." 



The title above occurs on the recto of the 

 second leaf, the verso of which is headed "Aver- 

 tissement," and contains the rules observed 

 in Ibe dictionary. The text begins on p. 1: 

 "J., a, considere comme caractere" etc. and 

 is arranged alphabetically by Algonquin words. 

 M. De Bellefeuille in copying this material used 

 only the inside halves of the sheets, i. e. the 

 right hand one-half of the versos and the left 

 hand one-half of the rectos, leaving the re- 

 spective outer halves for additions, notes, &c. 

 many of which have been inserted by other 

 hands. The dictionary proper ends on p. 911 

 with the word : ' ' Zan, apres un voy . ,- zan, apres 

 un consonne.'" The verso of 911 is blank, the 

 recto of the next leaf being numbered 912, upon 

 which begins a second list of words from a to 

 to which extends to p. 917. The unnumbered 

 leaf at the end contains a " Liste alphabetique 

 de oiseaux aquatiques, etc. the verso of which 

 is blank. 



This manuscript is quite legible and splen- 

 didly preserved. 



[Algonquin-French dictionary.] ('*) 



Manuscript ; in the Biblioteca Vittorio Em- 

 manuele at Rome. This is merely the beginning 

 of Thavenet's revision of the dictionary de- 

 scribed above. It goes only as far as the word 

 dbittawing, not counting other smaller slips, 

 which number at least four thousand. Among 

 tlie latter are the first collections of words and 

 examples made by the author for use in the 

 dictionary. Description from Teza (E.), Intor- 

 no agli studi del Thavenet, p. 20. 



[Algonquin-French dictionary.] (*) 



Manuscript; in the Biblioteca Comunale at 

 Bologna. A fragment only of a transcript, 

 probably by Cardinal Mezzofanti, of Thavenet's 

 revision of the dictionary. It contains from A, 

 se transporter, aller, to abivezowin, sueur, and is 

 accompanied hy examples and useful observa- 

 tions. Description from Teza (E.), Saggi 

 inediti di lingue americane, p. 12. 



[Algonquin-French vocabulary.] (*) 



Manuscript; about 300 slips; preserved 

 among the papers of Cardinal Mezzofanti in the 

 Biblioteca Comunale at Bologna. It is in the 



