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Manuscript/Mixed Material Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Muerde Quedito

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Title

  • Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Muerde Quedito

Created / Published

  • Mexico, 1714

Headings

  • -  Mexico--History--Spanish colony, 1540-1810
  • -  Catholic Church--Appointment, call, and election
  • -  Manuscripts

Genre

  • Manuscripts

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).

Medium

  • 150 leaves [1 blank]

Source Collection

  • Hans Peter Kraus collection of Spanish American documents, 1433-1877

Repository

  • Manuscript Division

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Online Format

  • pdf
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The materials in Parallel Histories: Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier are in the public domain and are free to use and reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, Parallel Histories: Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier.

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Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Muerde Quedito. Mexico, 1714. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/mss31013-15400/.

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(1714) Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Muerde Quedito. Mexico. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mss31013-15400/.

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Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Muerde Quedito. Mexico, 1714. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mss31013-15400/>.