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<dl><dd>Includes instructions on administering the sacraments and on doctrine</dd>
<dd>T.p. mostly ill., with the legend in red: "Penitentiam agite, appropinaquabit enim regnum c[a]elorum. Matthei. capit. 3."</dd>
<dd>Added t.p. on leaf 3r, reading: Confessionario mayor, instruction [sic] y doctrina, para el que se quiere bien confessar: compuesto por el reuerendo padre fray Alo[n]so de Molina de la orden de señor sant Francisco: traduzido y buelto en la lengua de los nauas, por el mismo autor</dd>
<dd>Signatures: a-p q</dd>
<dd>Black letter type, except for "Epistola nuncupatoria" on leaf 2 and the Latin absolution at the bottom of leaf 56v, which are in roman type</dd>
<dd>Full page woodcut of crucifixion on t.p.; smaller ones throughout text, primarily of Biblical scenes</dd>
<dd>Main text in parallel columns of Nahuatl and Spanish</dd>
<dd>Acabose de imprimir este Confessionario, en la muy insigne y gran ciudad de Mexico: en casa de Antonio de Espinosa impressor de libros, junto a la yglesia de señor Sant Augustin: a quinze d mayo. Año.de.1565. -- coloph</dd>
<dd>Foliation errors: leaf 56 numbered 65, leaf 78 has numeral 7 upside-down</dd>
<dd>Numerous catchword discrepancies and errors</dd>
<dd>Includes bibliographical references (in margins, mainly Biblical) and index (leaves 121v-[3])</dd>
<dd>JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675</dd>
<dd>Medina, J.T. Mexico</dd>
<dd>García Icazbalceta, J. Bib. mexicana (1954 ed.)</dd>
<dd>Sabin</dd>
<dd>Palau y Dulcet (2. ed.)</dd>
<dd>Viñaza. Bibl. lenguas indígenas</dd>
<dd>Ugarte, S. Catálogo</dd>
<dd>Valtón, E. Impresos mexicanos</dd>
<dd>John Carter Brown Library copy has ms. annotation on t.p.: Martin Cantig Año 1630 nobiem[bre].24. Also has ms. corrections to Nahuatl text on leaves 16v, 21r, 26v, 36r and 56v</dd>
<dd>John Carter Brown Library copy bound as no. 2 of 2 with the author's Confessionario breue, Mexico, 1565</dd>
<dd>John Carter Brown Library copy has repair to inner margin of leaf 1 with minimal loss of text</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Catholic Church; Franciscans; Catholic Church; Catholic Church; CSAIP; Confession; Sacraments; Indians of Mexico; Nahuatl language; Indians of Mexico; Indian linguistics; Imprint 1565</div>
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<dl><dd>Molina, Alonso de, d. 1585</dd>
<dd>Espinosa, Antonio de, d. 1578. prt</dd>
<dd>Franciscans</dd></dl></div>
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