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Doctrina christiana, y cathecismo, en lengua mexicana.
Mexico: Widow of Francisco de Rivera Calderon, 1732
Physical Description: [32] p. ; 15 cm. (8vo)
Call number: BA732/ M722d
Accession number: 04690
Notes: Text primarily in Nahuatl with Spanish title page, Spanish and Nahuatl section headings. Contains a catechism (p. [4-8]), Decalogue (p. [12-13]), notes on holy days and fasting days, and other texts exclusively in Nahuatl; Sign of the Cross, Pater Noster, Ave Maria, Credo, Salve Regina (p. [8-12]), and Confession (p. [27-28]) in Latin and Nahuatl. Originally published Mexico, 1578. Molina's Doctrina christiana breue traduzida en lengua Mexicana, Mexico, 1546 (reprinted as his Doctrina breve en lengua Mexicana, Mexico, 1571), may be earlier editions of this work, but no copies of these are believed to be extant; see León-Portilla’s comments.
Languages: Nahuatl
Genre: Catechisms and Creeds
Region: Spanish America
