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Manual breue, y forma de administrar los santos sacramentos à los Indios.

Catholic Church, León, Martin de, d. ca. 1600 · 1640 · En Mexico, : en la imprenta de Francisco Robledo. · 8 pictures

A 1640 Spanish-language Catholic manual on administering the sacraments to Indigenous people, printed in Mexico City by Francisco Robledo and attributed to Martín de León, a Dominican. The pictures are small black-and-white woodcut printers' ornaments: a grotesque face framed by drapery and curling scrolls repeated across several versions, plus a decorated initial letter with foliage. A designer could draw on their bold carved line, symmetrical framing, and mask-like face for headers, borders, or dropcap treatments.

Catholic Church · Dominicans · Sacraments · Indian linguistics · Imprint 1640 · Genealogy

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