Ara poru aguîyey haba
Subtitle: conico, quatia poromboe ha marangatu
By: Pay Joseph Insaurralde amỹrî rembiquatiacue cunumbuçu reta upe guarâma, ang ramò mbĭa reta mêmêngatu Parana hae Uruguaĭ ĭgua upe yquabeê mbĭ, yyepĭa mongeta aguĭyey haguâ, teco bay tetirô hegui yñepĭhỹrô haguâma rehe, ymbopĭcopĭbo, Tûpâ gracia reromanô hapebe
Contributors: Luque, Luis de, 1689-; Escandón, Juan de, 1696-1772
Publisher: Joachin Ibarra quatia apo uca hara rope.
Published: 1759
Place of publication: Tabuçu Madrid è hápe
Language: grn
Subjects: Social life and customs; Guarani language; Texts; Missions; Jesuits; Indian linguistics; Guarani Indians; Time management
Other titles: Buen uso del tiempo.
Notes: The Spanish title for this work is given in volume 1 on p. [4], 1st count, as: Buen uso del tiempo.

According to Backer-Sommervogel, Jesuit priest Luis de Luque secured the license for publication. Juan de Escandón, deputy of the province of Paraguay, who wrote some of prefatory material, edited the work, and had it published on one of his trips to Madrid.

Volume 2 has title: "Ara poru aguîyey haba yaoca ymomocoinda: conico: quatia ambuae poromboe marangatu ha, P. Joseph Insauraralde amỹrî Jesus Noôgà reheguare rembiquatia cuera cunumbuçu reta upe guarâma; ang ramò mbĭa reta mêmêngatu Parana hae Uruguaĭ ĭgua upe yquabeê mbĭ, yyepĭa mongeta aguĭyey hâguâ, teco bay tetirô hegui yñepĭhĭro haguama, hae teco marângâtu rupitĭ haguâmari, ymbopĭcopĭbo, Tûpâ gracia reromanô hapebe", and has imprint: Yquatia pǐrè tabuçu Madrid è hápe, Joachin Ibarra quatia apo uca hara rope 1760. roǐ pǐpe.

Most extensive work written in Guarani, not published in any other language. Includes accounts of the daily life of indigenous communities in the Rio de la Plata region, including the manner and proper timing of introducing Christian practices so that the exercise of the new religion could be practiced in harmony with the customs of the Guarani people.

Pagination: v. 1: [24], 464 p. ; v. 2: [16], 368 p.

Signatures: v. 1: a¹² A-2F⁸; v. 2: a⁸ (a2, a8 versos blank) A-Z⁸ (T4 missigned L4)

Errata: v, 1, p. [12-13], 1st count.

Engraved head and tail pieces; initials.

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Purchase; 2017; 18-221.

Text primarily in Guarani with prefatory material in Spanish and some textual passages in Latin.

John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: v. 2 wanting p. [1-2], 1st count,

John Carter Brown Library copy boud in contemporary full vellum over boards.

John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Divestiture Fund.