Memoriales
Subtitle: libro de oro (MS JGI 31)
By: Fray Toribio de Benavente Motolinía ; edición crítica, introducción, notas y apéndice, Nancy Joe Dyer.
Contributors: Dyer, Nancy Joe.
Edition: 1. ed.
Series: Biblioteca novohispana ;; 3
Publisher: El Colegio de México, Centro de Estudios Lingüísticos y Literarios
Published: 1996
Place of publication: México, D.F
Language: spa
Number of pages: 588
Subjects: Franciscans -- Mexico.; Indians of Mexico.; Calendar, Mexican.
Description: "Important introduction analyzes the writings of Motolinia that comprise his Memoriales (1527-49), contained within the Libro de Oro (JGI 31, Benson Latin American Collection, Univ. of Texas, Austin). Examines the audience, European and indigenous sources, style, languages employed (Spanish, Latin, Nahuatl), and history of the manuscript. Earlier Spanish-language editions of the Memoriales are out of print; this one offers a transcription closer to the original"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 563-576).
The manuscript is held by the Benson Latin American Collection at the University of Texas at Austin.