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Bertonio, Ludovico, 1555-1628.

Confessionario muy copioso en dos lenguas, aymara, y española, con vna instruccion a cerca de los siete sacramentos de la sancta Yglesia, y otras varias cosas, como puede verse por la tabla del mesmo libro.

Iuli [Peru]: Francisco del Canto, 1612

Physical Description: [16], 168, 177-350, [2] p. ; 14 cm. (8vo)

Call number: BA612/ B547c

Accession number: 02419

Notes: Contains doctrinal and sacramental texts, variously in Aymara and/or Spanish, with Spanish headings and instructions for officiants. Includes “Cathecismo breve para los rudos”in Aymara (p. 25-28; corresponding Spanish version, p. 60-63); “Confessionario en lengua española, y aymara, para confessar Indios” (p. 65-129), with Spanish on left page and Aymara version facing; “Breve suma de las cosas que an de hazer, y dezir los que van a ayudar a bien morir los Indios” (p. 130-152), with alternating paragraphs of Spanish and Aymara; and numerous other religious texts in a variety of arrangements. JCB copy has trimmed title page with loss of text; available in facsimile.

Languages: Aymara

Genre: Catechisms and Creeds

Region: Spanish America