PROLIFIC: Title of an Ilocano Grammar, Published 1627 in “The Most Noble and Ever Loyal City of Manila”

April 20, 2018 at 11:16 pm (Artists and Writers, Books, Filipino Writers, Links, Philippine History)
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• Momentum of Jo
• Sgeoil

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The book’s original title was

• Arte de la lengua iloca compuesto por el Padre fr. Francisco Lopez de la Orden de San Agustin (translation: Ilocano Grammar, compiled by Father Francisco Lopez, Augustinian Priest)

For its second edition, published 165 years later, the title had become

• Compendio y methodo de la suma de las reglas del arte del idioma ilocano, que a los principios del siglo pasado compuso el M.R.P. Fray Francisco Lopez del orden de S. Agustin, y a los ultimos de este siglo apunto otro religioso de la misma orden, el M.R.P. Predicador Fray Fernando Rey, Examinador synodal de este Obispado

Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.