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Petrus a Gandavo [Pedro de Gante].

[Doctrina cristiana en lengua mexicana.]

[Mexico]: [s.n.], [ca. 1547]

Physical Description: incomplete: xii-lvj, lix-lxiiij, lxvij-lxxj, 3 lvs in ms. ; 15 cm.

Call number: BA547/ 372d

Accession number: 06707

Notes: Fragmentary text, entirely in Nahuatl, set in black letter type, with Spanish caption titles. First line, on fol. xij, reads: ca chipahuac in cenca tlanextia. Author attribution, title, and imprint from Icazbalceta, who attributes it to the press of Cromberger. See also Icazbalceta p. 391-392; Sabin 59519; and Palau 97576 JCB copy incomplete, lacking all except as described here. JCB copy has four leaves with ms. text in Nahuatl laid in at end.

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Languages: Nahuatl

Genre: Catechisms and Creeds

Region: Spanish America