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Doctrina christiana y cathecismo en la lengua allentiac, que corre en la cuidad de S. Iuan de la Frontera, con vn confessonario [sic], arte, y bocabulario breues.
Lima: Francisco del Canto, 1607
Physical Description: 20, 14, [12] leaves ; 14 cm. (8vo)
Call number: BA607/ V146d
Accession number: 28597
Notes: “Doctrina en lengua allentiac” (leaves 2-8r, 1st count), “Cathecismo brebe en lengua allentiac de San Iuan” (leaves 10v-13r, 1st count), and “Confessionario breve en la lengua allentiac, que corre en la Ciudad de S. Iuan de la Frontera, de la Provincia de Cuyo” (leaves 14-20, 1st count) contain alternating sections of Spanish and Allentiac, set, respectively, in italic and roman type. "Arte y gramatica" (leaves 1-14, 2nd count and [1-2], 3rd count), in Spanish with Allentiac examples , is followed by "Vocabulario breve en lengua allentiac, de los vocablos mas comunes y necessarios para cathequizar y co[n]fessar" (leaves [3-12]), listing approximately 500 entries in Spanish with Allentiac equivalents. “Confessionario”, “Arte”, and “Vocabulario” each have special title page with same imprint and Jesuit trigram as main title page.
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Languages: Allentiac
Genre: Catechisms and Creeds / Grammar / Vocabulary
Region: Spanish America
