Coleccion de sermones para los domingos de todo el año, y cuaresma, tomados de varios autores, y traducidos libremente al idioma yucateco por el padre fray Joaquin Ruz

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Author: Joaquín Carrillo de Ruz y Mendoza (1772-1870) from the library of Charles-Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg Year: 1850 Publisher: Imprreso por Nazario Noveda Place: Mérida Description: 2 volumes of 4. Tomo Tercero. Contienne desde Pentecostesw hasta la Dominica y Vigesima Cuarta y Contienen las festividades principales del Senor, de Nuestra . 254 pages. Tomo Cuatro. contiene las festividades principales del Senior, de Nuestr Senoria, de algunos saitos y cuatro platicas de Animas, sobre el dogma 268 pages. Octavos (9" x 6") bound in quarter leather with gilt lettering to spine over marbled boards. From the library of Charles-Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg . (Ugarte 381) First edition. The *Collection of Sermons for the Sundays of the Entire Year and for Lent, Taken from Various Authors * is a foundational historical work published in 1846 in Mérida, Yucatán, by the Franciscan friar Joaquín Ruz. Published in four volume between 1846 and 1850. This work is notable primarily because it is not merely a collection of religious texts, but rather a free translation into the Yucatec Maya language, created to facilitate the evangelization and religious instruction of the indigenous population of the Yucatán Peninsula. During the 19th century, Fray Joaquín Ruz was one of the most prolific figures in the production of literature in the Mayan language. Unlike the literal translations of earlier periods, Ruz opted for "free translations" that sought to adapt complex European theologica

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