F. Ioannis Nauarro Gaditani, Ordinis Minorum Regularis obseruanti[a]e : Prouinci[a]e Apostolorum Petri, & Pauli Michhuacanensis. Liber in quo quatuor passiones Christi Domini continentur [integr[a]e litera, & Cantu iuxta ritum Sanct[a]e Roman[a]e Ecclesi[a]e] Octo Lamentationes : Oratioq[ue] Hieremi[a]e Prophet[a]e.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Latin |
| Edition: | Nunc primùm magno studio, & ingenti labore in lucem editus. |
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| Online Access: | Digital Version (Internet Archive) |
| Item Description: | All licenses are dated 1601. Colophon on leaf 105 verso: Liber quatuor Passionum, & lamentationu[m] iuxta Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae normam feliciter explicit: concinatus, & in meliorem concentum redactus à Patre Fratre Ioanne Navarro Minorita, Provinci[a]e Apostolorum Petri, & Pauli Mechhuacanensis alumno. 23. Die Mensis Iunij: Anno verò à Natiuitate Christi Redemptoris nostri. 1604. Mexici. Apud Didacum Lopez Davalos. Signatures: pi⁴ A-2C⁴ chi² The oldest printed music composed in America, its composer often confused with the Spanish polyphonist Juan Navarro, who died in 1580; see R. Stevenson, Music in Mexico. Text set in black letter type, notation in black letterpress, staves and running titles printed in red, bar lines in black, catch words. Title in ornamental border (printer's ornaments) with woodcut crucifixion scene, t.p. verso with emblem of the Franciscan order, final leaves chi1 verso and chi2 recto with woodcut illustrations of Saints Peter and Paul and John the Baptist; ornamental initials, some printed in red, head- and tail-pieces. |
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| Physical Description: | [4 preliminary leaves, 105 leaves, 1 unnumbered leaf : illustrations ; 27 cm Digital version available on Internet Archive. |
| Place of Publication: | Mexico -- Mexico City. |