Speculum coniugiorum
- Alternative Title:
- ¶SPECVLVM CONIVGIORVM
- Creator/Contributor:
- Alonso de la Vera Cruz, fray, approximately 1507-1584 (author)
- Publisher:
- Pablos, Juan, -1561?
- Geographic Coverage:
- Mexico (country)| México (country)
- Date Created/Date Issued:
- 1556
- Owning Repository:
- Robbins Collection, Berkeley Law, University of California, Berkeley
- Related Resource - Host:
- KBR2074.A55 A38 1556 (local)
- Identifier - Local:
- pl_rcuc_001
- Extent:
- 688 p.
- Language:
- Latin| lat
- Genre:
- Manuals
- Topic:
- Marriage| Indigenous peoples| Sacraments| Councils and synods, Diocesan (Canon law)| Human behavior
- Description:
- Treatise on the sacrament of marriage and its legal framework. The first part is a general overview of the sacrament and impediments for someone to get married. The second part is an analysis of the issues that emerge when imparting the sacrament onto indoctrinated Indigenous people. The third part is a discussion on the causes for divorce. It includes observations on Nahua marriage customs.| Collation formula: a-vv⁸. Format: 4o. Height: 21 cm. Binding: Limp vellum with remnants of ties and red-stained edges with title inscribed. Errors in pagination: page 363 erroneously labeled 393, page 365 labeled 635, page 377 labeled 677, page 432 labeled 423. Marginalia: Some. Illustrations: Large woodcut of Luis de Velasco's coat-of-arms and initials. Type: Italic.
- Condition Note:
- Encuadernación muestra algunos daños por agua.| Binding shows some water damage.
- General Note:
- Colofón "FINITVS LIBER AD LAVDEM DEI Anno partæ ſalutis, Milleſſimo quingentiſſimo quinʠgeſſimo. 7. Calendis lanua. apud Ioannem Paulum Briſsenſsum calchographum. In inſigni, & fideliſsima Mexicana ciuitate."| Colophon: "FINITVS LIBER AD LAVDEM DEI Anno partæ ſalutis, Milleſſimo quingentiſſimo quinʠgeſſimo. 7. Calendis lanua. apud Ioannem Paulum Briſsenſsum calchographum. In inſigni, & fideliſsima Mexicana ciuitate."
- License:
- https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- Citation Note:
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