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Doctrinalis fidei in Mechuacanensium indorum linguam: aeditus ab admodum reuerendo patre fratre Ioanne Metinensi... Tomus primus.
Mexico: Antonio Ricardo, 1577 [i.e. 1578]
Physical Description: [8], 61, 72, [2] leaves : ill. ; 32 cm. (fol. in 8)
Call number: BA575/ M491d/ 1-size / t. 1
Accession number: 06769
Notes: Main text in Tarascan / Purepecha with double columns of Roman type. Part 1 (leaves 3-61) contains sermons, with commentaries in the form of dialogues, on the articles of faith. Part 2, with new pagination (leaves 1-72) and caption title “Sermo. De septem. Ecclesiae sacramentis”, contains sermons and dialogues on the sacraments (in general and considered separately), and sermons for the feasts of John the Baptist, the Apostles Peter and Paul, Augustine of Hippo, and Francis of Assisi. Concludes with separate table of contents, in Tarascan / Purepecha for each part.
Volume 2 of this work [see Accession # 06770] is known only as printed in 1575.
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Languages: Tarascan
Genre: Catechisms and Creeds
Region: Spanish America
