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TYPE: Manuscript
DIMENSIONS: 42 cm or 16.5 inches tall
COMPONENTS: Approx. 600 pages; black and red ink; sometimes gilded ink; decorated with colorful abstract drawings.
CONDITION: Cover very damaged. Damage and loss in the upper margin.
LANGUAGE
Latin
ITEM ID: 2801
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Mexican Manuscript Colonial Breviary

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DATE
Decade: 1700s
Century: 18th (1701-1800)
Notes: circa 1700

Mexican Manuscript Colonial Breviary in Latin. There are some pages dedicated to the Virgin of Guadalupe on the last pages. The decorative letters and decorations are representative and common of Mexican manuscripts. In black and red ink, sometimes with gilded ink. Decorated with colorful abstract drawings.