The Zincali

About this eBook

Author

Borrow, George, 1803-1881

Title

The Zincali: An Account of the Gypsies of Spain

Credits

Transcribed from the 1901 John Murray edition by David Price

Language

English

LoC Class

DX: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: History of Romanies

Subject

Romanies -- Spain

Category

Text

eBook-No.

565

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/565

Release Date

June 1, 1996

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE ZINCALI
2. 2.TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF CLARENDON, G.C.B.
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
5. 5.NOTICE TO THE FOURTH EDITION
6. 6.CONTENTS
7. 7.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
8. 8.THE GYPSIES — INTRODUCTION — THE ZIGÁNI, OR RUSSIAN GYPSIES — THE HUNGARIAN GYPSIES, OR CZIGÁNY — WALLACHIA AND MOLDAVIA — THE ENGLISH GYPSIES — SOME FURTHER PARTICULARS RESPECTING THE ENGLISH GYPSIES — THE GYPSIES OF THE EAST, OR ZINGARRI
9. 9.THE ZINCALI PART I — CHAPTER I — CHAPTER II — CHAPTER III — THE BOOKSELLER OF LOGROÑO — CHAPTER IV — CHAPTER V — CHAPTER VI — CHAPTER VII — CHAPTER VIII — CHAPTER IX — CHAPTER X — ‘WHO ARE THE GITÁNOS? — ‘THE GITÁNOS ARE VERY HURTFUL TO SPAIN — ‘THE GITÁNOS OUGHT TO BE SEIZED WHEREVER FOUND — ‘THE GITÁNOS OUGHT TO BE CONDEMNED TO DEATH — ‘THE GITÁNOS ARE EXPELLED FROM THE COUNTRY BY THE LAWS OF SPAIN — ‘THE LAWS ARE VERY JUST WHICH EXPEL THE GITÁNOS FROM THE STATES — ‘IT HAS EVER BEEN THE PRACTICE OF PRINCES TO EXPEL THE GITÁNOS — CHAPTER XI — CHAPTER XII
10. 10.THE ZINCALI PART II — CHAPTER I — ‘THE STEEDS OF THE EGYPTIANS DRINK THE WATERS OF THE GUADIANA — CHAPTER II — CHAPTER III — CHAPTER IV — THE GYPSY SOLDIER OF VALDEPEÑAS — CHAPTER V — CHAPTER VI — CHAPTER VII — CHAPTER VIII
11. 11.THE ZINCALI PART III — CHAPTER I — RHYMES OF THE GITÁNOS — CHAPTER II — BRIJINDOPE.—THE DELUGE [304] A POEM: IN TWO PARTS — ON THE LANGUAGE OF THE GITÁNOS — ON ROBBER LANGUAGE; OR, AS IT IS CALLED IN SPAIN, GERMANIA — SPECIMENS OF GYPSY DIALECTS — VOCABULARY OF THEIR LANGUAGE
12. 12.APPENDIX — MISCELLANIES IN THE GITÁNO LANGUAGE — ADVERTISEMENT — COTORRES ON CHIPE CALLI / MISCELLANIES — OCANAJIMIA A LA DEBLA / PRAYER TO THE VIRGIN — OR CREDO / THE CREED SARTA LO CHIBELARON LOS CALES DE CORDOVATI / TRANSLATED BY THE GYSPIES OF CORDOVA — REJELENDRES / PROVERBS — ODORES YE TILICHE / THE LOVER’S JEALOUSY — OR PERSIBARARSE SIN CHORO / THE EVILS OF CONCUBINAGE — LOS CHORES / THE ROBBERS — COTOR YE GABICOTE MAJARO / SPECIMEN OF THE GOSPEL OR SOS SARO LO HA CHIBADO EN CHIPE CALLI OR RANDADOR DE OCONOS PAPIRIS AUNSOS NARDIAN LO HA DINADO AL SURDETE / FROM THE AUTHOR’S UNPUBLISHED TRANSLATION OF THE NEW TESTAMENT — THE ENGLISH DIALECT OF THE ROMMANY — THE LORD’S PRAYER — THE BELIEF — SPECIMEN OF A SONG IN THE VULGAR OR BROKEN ROMMANY
13. 13.FOOTNOTES

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