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Comienza la historia de la Pasción de Nuestro Señor Jesu[christ]o. promexamte. & como, conto en el: Texto.

[Tarejero (Mexico?)]: , [175-?]

Physical Description: 16 leaves; 23 cm. (4to)

Call number: Codex / Ind / 35

Accession number: 05395-2

Notes: Ms. codex. Manuscript account of the Passion of Christ in the Tarascan. Written in brown ink, much faded, with some waterstaining. Beginning leaves chewed away on upper right and lower left prior to binding, with loss of text. Title from caption heading. The collector Nicolás León identified the text as eightenth-century and arranged for its binding with another Tarascan manuscript similar to works prepared in Tarejero. León described it as “Escritura confusa. Ms. inédito”. Bound as second item of two with another Tarascan manuscript: Aparicio Maya, José Juan, fl. 1838-1853. Via Crucis en lengua Tarasca. [Tarejero (Mexico?): 184-?].

Digital facsimile copy of book available.

Languages: Tarascan

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Region: Spanish America