Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 700 Item 102: Doctrina christiana en lengua çapoteca University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 700 Item 102: Doctrina christiana en lengua çapoteca are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is ©2019 University of Pennsylvania Libraries and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Ms. codex. Title from title page (p. [I]); Brinton and Weeks record the title as it appears with abbreviation, Doctrina xpiana. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206 University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 700 Item 102 9941026073503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155866619 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4102607 An 1871 copy of a 1567 collection of Catholic doctrine in the Zapotec language. Contents include texts of prayers (Lord's prayer, Ave Maria); the Apostles' Creed; lists of the ten commandments, sacraments, articles of faith, sins, and virtues; and a brief catechism. Zapotec, with Spanish title page and preface Doctrina christiana en lengua çapoteca Pedro, de Feria, fray, ca. 1524-1588 former owner Berendt, C. Hermann 1817-1878 former owner Brinton, Daniel Garrison, 1837-1899

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 21 leaves : 242 x 194 (188 x 144) mm. bound to 247 x 205 mm Paper, 21; [i, I-III], IV, [viii], V-VII, [VIII], 1-24; pagination, when present, in ink, upper center; four additional leaves of notes sewn in after p. IV. Written in 20 long lines. Written in the hand of C. Hermann Berendt.

Late 19th-century half leather.

Written in Providence, R.I., 1871.

1871 Providence, R.I. Copied from the printed copy of Doctrina christiana en lengua castellana y çapoteca (Mexico: Pedro Ocharte, 1567) in the John Carter Brown Library. From the collection of C. Hermann Berendt, later acquired by Daniel Garrison Brinton (ex libris stamp on title page). Catholic Church--Doctrines--Early works to 1800 Catholic Church--Catechisms--Zapotec Zapotec language--Texts Indians of Mexico--Languages--Early works to 1800 Codices Catechisms Prayers Manuscripts, Mexican--19th century Manuscripts, Spanish--19th century