Room II · Colonial Mexico

Print of a sermon book in Nahuatl

Antonio Ricardo

Engraving of the inner title page of the Sermonario en lengua mexicana. Which contains, following the order of the new Roman missal, two sermons for every Sunday and principal feast of the year, and another for the feasts of the saints with their lives and commons. Addressed to the very reverend Master Fray Alonso de la Veracruz, provincial of the Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine in New Spain. Printed in Mexico by Antonio Ricardo, 1577. Printed on paper in black ink.

Classification

Printed matter

Date

1519–1821 · 16th century

Material

Paper

Dimensions

14.5 × 20.5 × 0.1 cm

Inventory no.

MUNAG.009.00502

Credits

Curator: Gabriela Zesati · Fotografía: Gabriela Zesati