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Arte de la lengua moxa, con su vocabulario, y cathecismo.
[Lima]: En la Imprenta Real de Joseph de Contreras, [1702]
Physical Description: [16], 664, 142, [22], 163-202, [2] p. ; 16 cm. (8vo)
Call number: B702/ M312a
Accession number: 0622
Notes: Contains "Arte de la lengua moxa" (p. 1-117, 2nd count) in Spanish with Moxa examples; "Vocabulario de la lengua moxa" (p. 118-658, 2nd count; supplement, p. 659-660; Indice, p. 660-664), listing over 5000 Spanish terms with Moxa equivalents; and “Segunda parte del vocabulario de la lengua moxa” (p. 362-658), listing several thousand Moxa terms and related idiomatic expressions with Spanish equivalents. Also includes a separate Moxo-Spanish vocabulary of kinship terms.
The Cathecismo consists of 10 chapters, including with separate pagination and signatures but without separate title page: “Cathecismo menor en lengua española, y moxa” (p. [1]-10, 3rd count); “Cathecismo mayor en lengua española, y moxa” (p. 10-37, 3rd count); “Declaracion de los mandamientos de le ley de Dios” (p. 37-60, 3rd count); “De los mandamientos de la Santa Madre Iglesia” (p. 61-70); “De las obras de misericordia” (p. 70-78, 3rd count); “De los sacramentos” (p. 78-108, 3rd count); “Confessionario en lengua española y moxa” (p. 109-131, 3rd count); “Practica brebe de administrar algunos sacramentos” (p. 131-142). Includes, without separate title page, pagination, or signatures, “Algunas advertencias tocantes al valor del matrimonio entre los indios recien convertidos” (p. [1-2], 4th count). Includes, with separate signatures but without separate title page and pagination: “Cartilla, y doctrina cristiana en lengua moxa” (p. [3-22], 4th count). Concludes with “Declaracion del Padre nuestro” (p. 163-202, 5th count; JCB copy missing first leaf of “Cartilla”.
Digital facsimile copy of book available.
Languages: Mojo
Genre: Catechisms and Creeds / Dictionary / Grammar
Region: Spanish America
