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[Credo in deum patre[m] omnipotentem creatorem celi [et] terre.] [Cartilla para la enseñanza de la doctrina cristiana en lengua zotzil, latina y castellana.]
[Mexico City]: [Juan Pablos], [1547?]
Physical Description: [16] p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 21 cm. (4to)
Call number: BA547/ C912i
Accession number: 07477
Notes: Consists of prayers and doctrinal material in Tzotzil, with Spanish headings: “Los diez mandamientos de Díos”, “Los mandamientos de la yglesia”, “Las obras de misericordia”, “Los siete pecados mortales”, “Declaracion del peccado mortal”, “Declaracion del peccado venial”, “Nueue cosas con que se perdona”, “Las potencias del anima”, “Los sentidos corporales”, “Los siete dones del Spiritu sancto”, and “La confession general”.
Title supplied from opening line of text. Also commonly known as Cartilla para la enseñanza de la doctrina cristiana en lengua zotzil, latina y castellana. Publication information and description largely based on research by Nicolás León, who concluded that the author was a Dominican.
JCB copy imperfect, but is the most complete recorded.
Digital facsimile copy of this book available.
Languages: Tzotzil
Genre: Catechisms and Creeds
Region: Spanish America
