Name/Title
GernikaEntry/Object ID
1990.002.207 a-bDescription
Two volumes ('II' and 'III eta IV') of a Basque Studies textbook; published in alternating French and Spanish chapters on different subjects; Volume II includes the topics of the current state of the problem of the origins of the Basque language, the Basque verb system in the 16th century, proven and inferred affinities of the Basque language, research on Basque folk art, Basque legends, outline of Basque rhapsody, the statute of Quint country, txapelas, some notes on the history of the parish church of Zara, anecdotal history of St. Pee, Basque prehistory and exploration of the cave of Urtiaga, a deposit of Pleistocene mammals in Olazagutia, decapod crustaceans of note on the quarry of Orobe Mountain, the Tertiary fertile nummulitic soil in Getxo, the Spanish voyage of Guillermo de Humboldt, and a Basque inventory of old magazines; Volumes III and IV include St. Matthew's Basque translations, Basque phonics and etymology, the expression of aspect in Basque, an English traveler in Zuberoa, a troubadour of the directors discovered the Basque Country, about the institutions in Zuberoa, Ercilla the Adventurer and Conquistador, conventions of the Pyrenees and the Basque Country, John Adams' trip to Bizkaia in 1779, the Royal Monastery of San Salvador in Urdax, Basque prehistory and exploration of the cave of Urtiaga, dances from the French provinces, the Fine Arts Museum in Bilbao, Primitive Euskera, and Basque grammar.