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| Other authors / contributors: | Alarcon, Baltasar de, active 1575.
Rosario, Marcos del, active 16th century.
Franciscans. Provincia del Dulce Nombre de Jesús (Guatemala)
Bibliothèque nationale de France. Américain 45.
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| Notes: | "Cakchiquel 839. R. 7505"--Flyleaf.
Title from added title leaf.
Title in Pilling identifies Alarcon as "procurador general de la misma orden en la Provincia del Dulce Nombre de Jesús de Guatemala."
Date from Weeks; Omont dates the manuscript as 17th century.
Includes table of contents, with list of saints for whose feast days sermons are given.
Omont, Henri. Catalogue des manuscrits américains de la Bibliothèque nationale, 45
Pilling, J.C. Langs. of the N. Amer. Indians, 49
Weeks, J.M. Mesoamer. ethnohistory, 9
Location of original: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France.
In Cakchikel, with some Latin and Spanish.
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| Summary: | Microfilm of manuscript (168 leaves) in several different hands. Collection of 23 sermons in Cakchikel, written by various Franciscan friars at different times, and compiled, probably around 1575, by Father Baltasar de Alarcon, procurator of the order in the Provincia del Dulce Nombre de Jesús in Guatemala. Sermons celebrate the feast days of Saints Antonio de Padua, Nicolás de Tolentino, María Magdalena, Catalina, Juan Bautista, Santiago, and others. Also included are sermons for All Saints' Day, Lent, and Ascension Sunday. Leaf 168: Undated letter to Father Baltasar de Alarcon from Father Marcos del Rosario in the village of San Pedro, asking Father Alarcon to store in his room for safekeeping the bundles which the Indians have brought.
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| Other form: | Reproduction of (item): Bibliothèque nationale de France. Manuscript. Américain 45
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