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Doctrinalis fidei in Michuacane[n]sium Indorum linguam: aeditus ab admodum reuerendo patre fratre Ioanne Metinensi, Bethico, Augustiniani ordinis, [et] Priore conuentus Taca[m]barensis. Tomus secundus.
Mexico: Antonio de Spinoso, 1575
Physical Description: [2], 142 leaves ; 32 cm. (fol. in 8+)
Call number: BA575/ M491d/ 1-size / t. 2
Accession number: 06770
Notes: Main text in Tarascan / Purepecha, printed in double columns of Gothic type, consists of sermons and “dialogues” upon the Ten Commandments, the seven cardinal sins, and the works of mercy (leaves 2-113). Preliminaries in Spanish, except for Latin dedication which is in Roman type. Latin phrases within text, including Biblical quotations, in italic type. Leaf 113v ends with: “Explicitum est opus secundi tomi Doctrinalis fidei. Et sequitur dialogus naturalium impressionum”; the following meteorological treatise (leaves 114-139) is also in dialogue form. Concludes with table of contents (leaves 140-142r).
Volume 1 of this work [see Accession # 06769] is first known as printed in 1578 (t.p. reads 1577).
JCB copy with foxing and wormholes, with some loss of text.
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Languages: Tarascan
Genre: Catechisms and Creeds
Region: Spanish America
