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Juan de la Anunciación, fray, 1514-1594.

Sermonario en lengua mexicana, donde se contiene (por el orden del missal nueuo romano,) dos sermones en todas las dominicas y festiuidades principales de todo el año: y otro en las fiestas de los Sanctos, con sus vidas, y comunes. Con vn cathecismo en lengua mexicana y española, con el calendario.

Mexico: Antonio Ricardo, 1577

Physical Description: [8], 124, [3], 132-228, [10], 231-267 leaves ; 21 cm. (4to)

Call number: BA577/ J91s

Accession number: 06664

Notes: Sermons in Nahuatl only, in 2 parts: 2 sermons for each Sunday (leaves 1-124 recto, 2nd count), followed by sermons for saints’ feast days (leaves [1-3], 3rd count-132-228, 4th count), with half t.p.: Nican ompehua yn temachtilli, ynitechpovi sanctoral. Cathecismo proper (leaves 231-267, 6th count), printed in parallel columns of Spanish and Nahuatl, is preceded by a calendar of feast days and various texts including Sign of the Cross, Lord’s Prayer, Credo, Articles of Faith, Commandments, and Confession, most in Nahuatl only. Contains table of contents (leaves [4-5 recto], 1st count) as well as alphabetical index (leaves [5 recto-7 verso], 1st count), both in Spanish.

Languages: Nahuatl

Genre: Catechisms and Creeds

Region: Spanish America