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Doctrina Christiana en lengua Castellana y Çapoteca:

Feria, Pedro de, 1524-1588 · 1567 · En Mexico : En casa de Pedro Ocharte. · 53 pictures

A 1567 Christian doctrine primer printed in Mexico City by Pedro Ocharte, written by Pedro de Feria in parallel Castilian Spanish and Zapotec for indigenous readers. The pictures are small woodcut ornaments: decorative bands of foliage, cross-and-diamond borders, and stylised fleur-like scrolls set between dense black-letter text blocks, offering designers period-accurate filler borders and printer's flourishes.

Catholic Church · Indian linguistics · Imprint 1567

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