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The author was a Franciscan priest who was actively writing in Tarajero, Michoacán de Ocampo, Mexico in the late 1830's and 1850's. The manuscripts held by the John Carter Brown Library are dated between 1838 and 1853

Headings are in Spanish and text is in the Tarascan language with some Spanish loan words

First line of text on leaf [1] recto, 1st count: Ben[e]dicion de la mesa antes de comer

Text composed in black ink with highlights and rubrics in red; there is an illustrated headpiece above caption title on leaf 1 recto, 2nd count

John Carter Brown Library copy half bound in 19th century calf with marbled boards

Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: Dr. Nicolás León: bookplate on front pastedown and stamp on recto of leaf [1] recto, 1st count, and other leaves

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