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Doctrina christiana, y catecismo para instruccion de los Indios, y de las de mas personas, que han de ser enseñadas en nuestra sancta fé. Con vn confessionario, y otras cosas necessarias para los que doctrinan, que se contienen en la pagina siguiente... traduzido en las dos lenguas generales, de este reyno, quichua, y aymara.
[Lima] en la Ciudad de los Reyes: Antonio Ricardo, 1584
Physical Description: [8], 84 leaves : ill., coat of arms, ports. ; 22 cm. (4to)
Call number: BA584/ C361d
Accession number: 10351
Notes: In Spanish, Quechua, and Aymara. Each unit of Spanish text is followed by Quechua and Aymara versions printed in double columns (leaves 1-71, except for leaf 24 which contains alphabet and syllabary). Concludes with “Annotaciones, o scolios, sobre la traduccion de la Doctrina christiana, y Catecismo en las lenguas Quichua, y Aymara. Con la declaracion de las phrases, y vocablos que tienen alguna difficultad, los quales se hallará por la orde[n] de alfabeto” in two sections: “De la Quichua”, with remarks on various parts of the preceding text (leaves 83r [=74r]-76r) and a brief alphabetical Quichua-Spanish vocabulary (leaves 76v-77v); and “Annotaciones generales de la lengua Aymara”, with summary observations on grammar, pronunciation, and orthography (leaves 78r-79v) and a brief alphabetical Aymara-Spanish vocabulary (leaves 79v-84r). The first book printed in South America. Backer-Sommervogel attributes this work to José de Acosta; Medina argues that Acosta’s role was primarily that of proofreader. Medina and Vargas Ugarte also note the participation of other Jesuits, members of other orders, and secular clergy in the preparation of this work. Vargas Ugarte maintains that Acosta drafted the Spanish text and that Fathers Bartolomé de Santiago and Blas Valera were the principal authors of the Quechua and Aymara version. JCB copy first of three items bound together, the other two being: Confessionario para los curas de Indios, Lima, 1585, and Tercero cathecismo y exposicion de la doctrina Christiana, por sermones, Lima, 1585.
Languages: Aymara / Quechua
Genre: Catechisms and creeds / Grammar / Vocabulary
Region: Spanish America
