Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana: Mexico, [1547?-1563?]

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Title
Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana: Mexico, [1547?-1563?]
Translated Title
Art to learn the Mexican language: Mexico, [1547?-1563?]
Date
c.1547-1563
Document Type
  • Notes
  • Linguistic Study
Language
  • Nahuatl
  • Spanish
Collection
  • Art to learn the Mexican language: Mexico, [1547?-1563?]
Contents
A collection of copies, including an incomplete Spanish grammar of the Náhuatl language (1547?); a Náhuatl treatise (1563?) on the Ten Commandments, designed for Indian neophytes and containing a Spanish prologue which refers to the author's earlier work on the subject; a Náhuatl treatise and dialogue (1563) on preparation for the Sacrament of the Eucharist, also with a prologue mentioning an earlier, similar work; a monologue in Náhuatl, representing spiritual advice from an Indian father to his son; and two pages in Spanish containing a cosmographical chart with Spanish explanations.
Reference
BANC MSS M-M 454
Translated Metadata
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