MexicoBecerra Tanco, Luis, 1603-1672 (author)Benavides, Paula de (printer)García, Genaro, 1867-1920 (collector)1666Luis Becerra Tanco was a Catholic priest in 17th century Mexico who gathered and published this collection of accounts of the 1531 apparition of the Virgen of Guadalupe. Along with works by Sánchez (“Imagen de la Virgen”, 1648), Lasso de la Vega (“Huei tlamahuiçoltica”, 1649) and Francisco de la Florencia (“Estrella del norte”, 1688), this is one of four texts considered foundational in spreading the devotion to the Virgen of Guadalupe beyond local oral tradition. Along with those other texts, it helped to push the Catholic Church to investigate the Virgin’s appearances and ultimately grant official approval of the Guadalupe cult. Like the other three 17th century publications, Becerra’s work leans heavily on a Nahuatl-language account of the Virgin’s apparition, “Nican Mopohua”, thought to have been written by Antonio Valeriano around 1556.Originally part of the Genaro García Collection.utblac:18477624-5b6b-47d4-ac11-c51ecb47b475SpanishPor la Viuda de Bernardo Calderonhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/Benson Rare Book Collection[10] pages, [1]-25 leaves; 20 centimetersCatholic ChurchShrinesGuadalupe, Our Lady ofOrigen milagroso del santvario de nuestra Señora de Gvadalvpe: extramuros de la Ciudad de Mexico: fvndamentos veridicos con que se prueba ser infalible la tradicion, que ay en esta Ciudad, à cerca de la aparicion de la Virgen Maria Señora Nuestra, y de su milagrosa imagen.rare bookstextreligious materials