Arte de la lengua mexicana Guerra, Juan

The work contains several paratexts, one written by Augustín de Betancurt. There also included trilingual (Latin-Spanish-Nahuatl) epigrams “en alabanza del autor”. Grammar to which a vocabulary is appended in Spanish-Nahuatl in double columns, containing ca 900 words and numbers from 1 to 300. As Vetancurt and Vázquez Gastelú did, religious texts are appended at the end, entitled “instruccion breve, para administrar los Sacramentos” (f. 49-62) in Spanish and Nahuatl. Cathechism: “Instruccion breve, para administrar los Sacramentos de la confession, Beatico, Matrimonio y Velaciones”. Some sections are completely in Nahuatl, others are bilingual Nahuatl and Spanish, and the sections “Oremus” is bilingual Latin and Nahuatl.