(MEXICAN MANUSCRIPTS) Volume of manuscript lectures for prie

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(MEXICAN MANUSCRIPTS.) Volume of manuscript lectures for priests. [181] manuscript pages on 18th-century laid paper with watermarks reading "Compa 1763"[?], apparently complete, plus an unbound [20] page fragment on slightly larger paper laid in. 4to, repurposed early vellum, minor wear, with caption heading on first page reading "Platicas a los sacerdotes, en que se les dice la necessaria observ'a y vida comun de su estado"; occasional minor wear to contents, a few leaves coming detached; pair of mid-20th century American bookplates and tipped-in provenance letter on front free endpaper. Spain or Mexico, circa mid to late 18th century

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The first half of the volume (92 pages) is arranged into 11 numbered lectures ("platicas"), with the last 89 pages plus the unbound 20-page gathering containing similar platicas and other works under various titles. They are written in Spanish with some Latin passages, and appear to be unpublished. The work is undated and unsigned.

Many of the pieces close with the inscription "O.S.C.S.R.E.," an abbreviation for the Latin "omnia sub correctione sanctæ Romanæ Ecclesiæ," sometimes found in the work of Spanish and Mexican theologians and meaning "I submit all my sentiments to the decision of the Holy Roman Church." The text has numerous side-note citations, but the vast majority are biblical and from the very early theologians and church fathers. One note on the 5th page of the loose gathering cites Cristóbal Fonseca's Parabolas, published between 1605 and 1621.

Provenance: sold by an antique shop in Waldoboro, Maine to Dorothy E. Carney (1907-2002) before her circa 1944 marriage to Roscoe M. Chase; gift to a friend in Maine, with the 1967 bookplate from his private library; consigned by a descendant.