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Catecismo en la lengua española, y aymara del Peru. Ordenado por autoridad del Concilio Prouincial de Lima, y impreso en la dich ciudad el año de 1583. En Seuilla, por Bartolome Gomez. Año de 1604.
Seville [i.e., Lima]: Francisco del Canto, 1604 [i.e., 1616]
Physical Description: [4] p., 41 leaves
Call number: B616/ T689a1
Accession number: 10534
Notes: “Doctrina christiana” and “La suma de la fe catolica” (leaves 1 - 9) contain section headings in Spanish followed by Spanish text and Aymara version for each section; “Catecismo breve para los rudos y ocupados” (leaves 10 recto -13 recto) alternates Spanish and Aymara text; and “Platica breve en que se contiene la suma de lo que ha de saber el que se haze Christiano” (leaves 14 verso - 16 verso) presents entire Spanish text followed by entire Aymara text; “Catecismo mayor, para los que son mas capaces” (leaves 17 - 49) alternates Spanish and Aymara texts. Extracted from the council's Doctrina christiana, first published, Lima, 1584 (EA 604:41). Issued with Torres Rubio, Arte de la lengva aymara, Lima, 1616. Although the Catecismo is foliated separately, the signatures and gatherings are continuous; the Catecismo begins with N5. Medina describes this work as a Lima, 1616 reprint of a work orginally printed in Seville, 1604. JCB copy is imperfect: lacks leaves 20, 42-49.
Languages: Aymara
Genre: Catechisms and Creeds
Region: Spanish America
