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Muerde Quedito
AUTHOR/CREATOR
[Juan de Villa Sánchez]
CREATED/PUBLISHED
Mexico: 1714
NOTES
Provenance: Library of Joseph Martini. The author of this small manuscript book was much disturbed by the outcome of the provincial chapter of the Dominican province of Puebla which had taken place on May 5, 1714. The chapter had elected as provincial Fr. Bartolomé Mansano who was in Europe, and his place was taken by Fr. Antonio de Vera, prior of the friary of Puebla. A group of about 40 Dominicans were very upset by this, maintaining that a gachupín (peninsular Spaniard) should have been elected, and they took refuge in the Franciscan friary. The book is a discussion of this situation, written in a satirical vein and generously seasoned with classical allusions. The author explains his title, “A Gentle Bite,” by saying that he intended only to discuss things that were known and not to bite into the bone or draw blood. An annotation on the second leaf attributes the work to Juan de Villa Sánchez. Villa Sánchez, who lived from 1683 to 1760, was a prominent Dominican preacher in Mexico. An annotation on the title page of the work indicates that it was published by Carlos Maria de Bustamante as a supplement to La Marimba (1832). [For finding aid of this item, refer to Hans Peter Kraus: A Register of His Collection of Spanish American Documents in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division (http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms004019)]
SUBJECT
Mexico--History--Spanish colony, 1540-1810.
Catholic Church--Appointment, call, and election.
MEDIUM
150 leaves [1 blank]
PART OF
Hans P. Kraus Collection
REPOSITORY
Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington, D.C. 20540
DIGITAL ID
mespk k15400
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mespk.k15400
RELATED ITEMS
(Hans P. Kraus Collection of Hispanic American Manusripts; a guide, by J. Benedict Warren)
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