book chapter

Information on the marriage of the Indians of Brazil

Revista trimensal de historia e geographia • Rio De Janeiro • Published In 1846 • Pages: 254-262 [incomplete]

By: Anchieta, José de, Métraux, Alfred, Vescelius, Gary S..

Abstract

This is a very important account by one of the most famous missionaries of the sixteenth century, of marriage rules among the early Tupi of the region of Sao Paulo. The present translation is taken from the original article published in the REVISTA TRIMENSAL of the Brazilian Historical and Geographical Institute for 1846. The original manuscript is to be found in a much larger book of 215 pages, containing various narratives written by Brazilian Jesuits at the close of the sixteenth century, and which today resides in the Biblioteca Eborense. Pages 130-136 of the manuscript are taken up with the Casamentos article. Whether the donor of the manuscript alluded to in the text, Adolpho Varnhagen, gave the Institute the actual manuscript or merely a copy is not made clear, but, whatever the situation, the Institute certainly possesses a facimile if not the real thing.

HRAF PubDate

2003

Region

South America

Sub Region

Eastern South America

Document Type

book chapter

Evaluation

Creator Type

Missionary

Document Rating

3: Good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent

Analyst

Alfred Métraux ; Gary Vescelius ; 1971

Field Date

ca. 1570

Coverage Date

1570

Coverage Place

São Paulo, Brazil

Notes

José de Anchieta

This document consists of excerpts

Translation of: [Informacão dos Indios do Brasil] The original Portuguese text is not included

Translated for the HRAF files by Alfred Métraux prior to 1956 ; additional translation by Gary S. Vescelius ca. 1970

LCCN

98648816

LCSH

Tupinamba Indians