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Compendio da doutrina christãa na lingua portugueza, e brasilica.
Lisbon: Simão Thaddeo Ferreira, [1800]
Physical Description: VIII, 131, [3] p. ; 16 cm. (8vo)
Call number: F800/ B562c
Accession number: 03761
Notes: Consists of Christian texts in 2 main parts: prayers and sacraments (p. 1-29) and dialogues between “Mestre” and “Discipulo” (p. 31-131). Includes: Lord’s Prayer (p. 2); “Breve instruccão para o bautismo de hum Indio pagão em caso de suprema necessidade (p. 105-117); Ten Commandments (p. 111-112); “Breve instruccão para ajudar a bem morrer hum moribundo com todos os actos necessarios em aquella hora” (p. 118-131). Each page of text contains 2 parallel columns, Portuguese in the left-hand column and Tupi in the right-hand column. Includes index. “Written in 1681 and first published in 1687” (Moraes)
Languages: Tupi
Genre: Catechisms and Creeds
Region: Brazil
