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Confessonario [sic] en lengua cumanagota, y de otras naciones de indios de la provincia de Cumanà, con unas advertencias previas al confessonario para los confessores.
Madrid: Pedro Fernandez, 1723
Physical Description: [40], 581, 586-732 p. : port. ; 16 cm. (8vo)
Call number: BA723/ T172c
Accession number: 03819
Notes: Preliminary matter in Spanish and Latin. “Advertencias previas al confessonario para los confessores de Indios” (p. 1-238), primarily in Spanish, consists of 471 numbered paragraphs grouped under Spanish caption headings, with brief Latin passages throughout and two dialogues between confessor and penitent given in both Spanish and Cumana (p. 7-9, 127-128). “Platica, en que se enseña a los Indios el modo de confessarse, y se les amonesta, que no callen pecado alguno en la confession, y para esto se pone un exemplo``” (p. 239-696) consists of alternating Spanish and Cumana text. Contains index (p. 697-732).
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Languages: Cumana
Genre: Bible selections / Catechisms and Creeds
Region: Spanish America
