Room II · Colonial Mexico

Doctrina christiana en lengua mexicana by Alonso de Molina

Anonymous artist

Printed on paper: leaves of the "Doctrina Christiana" in Mexican (Nahuatl), composed by the very reverend Fray Alonso de Molina of the order of the glorious Father Saint Francis, for missionaries in their efforts to convert the Indigenous peoples. In Mexico, at the house of Pedro Ocharte. 1578. With an engraved emblem in the center.

Classification

Printed matter

Date

1519–1821 · 16th century

Material

Paper

Dimensions

12.6 × variable × 0.01 cm

Inventory no.

MUNAG.043.02515

Credits

Curator: Diana Arellano · Fotografía: Israel Salinas