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Thesoro spiritual en lengua de Mechuaca[n]: en el q[ua]l se contiene la doctrina [chr]istiana y or[aci]ones p[ar]a cada dia, y el exame[n] d[e] la co[n]cie[n]cia, y d[e]claracio[n] d[e] la missa.
[Mexico]: [Juan Pablos] [Bressano], 1558
Physical Description: 127, [20] leaves : ill. ; 15 cm. (8vo)
Call number: BA558/ G464t
Accession number: 06584
Notes: Text in Tarascan, with running titles and scattered headings in Spanish. Contains: “Doctrina christiana en lengua de Mechuacán” (leaves [13v]-48); “Examinatorio mayor de la co[n]scie[n]cia” (leaves 49-116); “Exame[n] peq[ue]ño de la conf[esion]” (leaves 117-124); and “Declaracion de los misterios de la missa y de los prouechos de oyrla con devocion” (leaves 125-[20r], 2nd count).
JCB copy imperfect, wanting most of the “Examen pequeno” and all of the “Declaracion”; title page supplied in facsimile; heavily foxed.
Sabin mentions a 1575 edition, with slightly different titles.
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Languages: Tarascan
Genre: Catechisms and Creeds
Region: Spanish America
