Nov 17, 2016 - Sale 2432

Sale 2432 - Lot 350

Price Realized: $ 688
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(MEXICO.) Detailed inventory of a convent and hospital operated by the Bethlemitas in Mexico. [30] manuscript pages, titled 'Inventario de todo que en la sacristía . . . convento y hospital de Nuestra Señora de Betthlem de esta ciu'd de México,' signed several times by Andres de la Cruz and Prefect Joseph de los Martires. Folio, 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, stitched; moderate wear to first leaf, several leaves excised, one leaf mounted on a stub, moderate dampstaining. Mexico, 25 February 1797
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The Orden de los Hermanos de Nuestra Señora de Bethlehem, better known as the Bethlemitas or the Bethlehemite Brothers, was founded in Guatemala in 1653--the first religious order founded in the New World. They had a particular commitment to caring for the ill. This inventory is arranged by room, listing everything from food to clothing to candlesticks, as well as the medical material at the hospital. 6 pages are devoted to an inventory of the convent library.