Rhetorica christiana ad concionandi et orandi vsvm accommodata
Title:
Rhetorica christiana ad concionandi et orandi vsvm accommodata
Alternative Title:
Rhetorica christiana ad concionandi, et orandi usum accommodata
Description:
A Latin account of the evangelization and conversion of Indigenous peoples of the Americas, with 27 engravings, written by Diego Valadés, the first mestizo member of the Franciscan order.
Intended as instruction manual for Franciscan missionaries to Mexico; contains multiple references to America and descriptions of Indigenous Mexican culture and customs. | Originally part of the Genaro García Collection.
Creator/Contributor:
Valadés, Diego, 1533- (author), Petrucci, Pietro Giacomo, active 1567-1609 (printer), García, Genaro, 1867-1920 (collector), and Valadés, Diego, 1533- (illustrator)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1579
Owning Repository:
Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at Austin
Religious conversion, Indigenous peoples, Franciscans, Missions, Preaching, and Rhetoric
Time Period Covered:
16th century
Place Name:
Mexico
Citation Note:
-First book by Mexican-born author printed in Europe.
-Imprint from colophon.
-Signatures: a-b⁴ [c]² A-M⁴ N² O-3D⁴ (O2 miss signed N2, D4 blank).
-Title within ornamental border; text within double rule borders; woodcut head- and tail-pieces; initials.
-Engravings: female allegories of Theology and Rhetoric with device of Franciscans and arms of Gregory XIII (title page); philosopher with globe and instuments, moon, strars, sun, and other elements of allegorical singnificance (page 5); Christ pouring out the River of Life from wound in his side, with numerous allegorical and mnemonic symbols (page 7); angel assisting writer with his writing, surrounded by allegorical images (page 10); "Sacra Theologia" allegorical figure of preaching monk standing among books (page 14); full-page emblematic image with roundels showing seven liberal arts: arithmetic, geometry, astrology, dilalectics, music, rhetoric, and grammar (page 17); ancient Jewish orator delivering sermon in front of small temple (page 25); head in profile with labels for senses, imagination, fantasy, and cognition, signed by author "F.D. Valades, inventor" (page 88); three mnemonic alphabets (full-page plates following page 100); Aztec calendar wheel superimposed with figures of Zodiac, signed by author (full-page plate preceding page 101); fold-out view of Mexico City (full-page folded plate following page168); stylized depiction of hierarchical structure of the Church (full-page, recto of leaf following page 176); elaborate scene showing bleeding heart of crucified Christ filling the Treasury of Merit (full-page, verso of leaf following page 176); stylized tree depicting secular hierarchical structure, with emperor residing at top, descending down to Hell at the bottom (full-page, recto of leaf preceeding page 177); mnemonic emblem in form of large cross (full-page, verso of leaf preceeding page 177); full-page allegorical image of Franciscan evangelization in the New World, signed by author (page 207); Franciscan friar in pulpit instructing Indigenous congregation (page 211, full-page); "Typus Peccatoris" grotesque image of sinner beset by winged devils (page 214); two full-page illustrations showing stages of temptation, sin, and punishment (pages 216-217); full-page image relating to holiness of matrimony and punishment of infidelity (recto of leaf following page 220); Great Chain of Being linking all stages of universe, with rows representing paradise, humans, and angels. Signed by author (verso of leaf following page 220); Franciscan friar and his indigenous congregation at foot of scene of Christ's crucifixion, preacher uses pointer to explain elements of the scene (recto of leaf preceding page 221); missionary and his party carrying religious artifacts meet small group of Indigenous people, signed by author (page 224); Indigenous people seating in circle around missionary (page 225).
-Includes index.
-Series Chartavum
UTL DAMS PID:
utblac:91359a51-9731-404e-b1d2-6535bb93e8ed
Related Resource - Other:
Rhetorica christiana ad concionandi et orandi vsvm accommodata (title), https://search.lib.utexas.edu/permalink/01UTAU_INST/9e1640/alma991034738309706011 (uri), GZZ 808 V23R (local), and 6443939 (oclcSource)