Hispanic Philippine historiography: a brief description of the structure of the Calepino Ylocano (18th C.)

In this article we present a brief and general study of the macro- and micro-structure of an 18th century Hispano-Philippine vocabulary manuscript: the Calepino ylocano o vocabvlario de yloco en romance written and compiled by Spanish Augustinian missionaries. We will examine the historical and linguistic background to the text, and identify its authors and primary and secondary sources. We will also describe the most distinctive aspects of the inner structure of the vocabulary: entries and types of lexicographic definition. We will then describe the internal and external structure, together with examples, phraseology, Hispanisms and Americanisms included in the vocabulary. However, the main purpose in this article is historiographical.