GAY GILBERTI. 957 
Gilbert! [Fr. MfitnriDo) — continued. 
On the verso of the title-page is a notice iu Tarasca, witli this title: H Tho- 
savro Spiritval | r. leugiia do Mechuaoan. 
LI. -^i and 3", a dedication iu Latin to Sr. Montufar. Mexico, August 18, 1558. 
Leaf 4°, the license given by Sr. Montufar in Mexico, August 10, 1558, to print 
an Arte y Vocabulario, y Devocionario, written in Tarasca -'de Michuaciin." 
He says that as he does not know the language, and there being no one iu his 
archbishopric who does know it, he confides in the letters, rectitude, zeal and 
Christianity of the censors, who have examined the work, having been com- 
missioned to do so by Sr. Quiroga, Bishop of Michoaciin, the same beiug the 
fathers Alonso de la Vera Cruz, of the order of S. Agustin, and Fr. Jacobo Daci- 
auo, of the order of S. Francisco ; Diego PcSrez Gordillo, priest of Michoaciinj 
and Francisco de la Cerda, priest of Sirosto. 
L. 5", license of the vice-roy D. Lnis de Velasco to Juan Pablos to jirint tlio 
Arte, Vocabulario, y Devocionario contained in the license of the "other part 
.... provided that said printer shall treat and concert with said Fr. Maturino 
Gilberti .... during the time that it shall be printed, and as to the price for 
which it shall be sold." Dated Mexico, August 12, 1.558. 
License from the guardian of San Francisco, Fr. Francisco de Toral, to print 
these works of P. Gilberti, because they are shown to be "catholic, necessary 
and excellent, principally the Dialogo, Vocabulario y Arte, with the Devocio- 
nario which is now composed," according to fathers Fr. Alonso de la Vera Cruz, 
and Fr. Jacobo Daciano, guardian of Tzintzuntzan; of P. Diego Perez Gordillo, 
priest of Pazcuaro, and of Fr. Miguel de Alvarado, priest of Tiripitio. Dated 
Tacu!ba, August 10, 1558. 
Approbation of P. Daciano (in Latin), and of the priest Perez Gordillo, 1. 6 
recto. The caleudario, 11. 6 verso to 13 recto. The text, iu pure Tarasco, begins 
on verso of 1. 13, with " Doctrina Christiana | En lengua de Mechuacan," on the 
heading of the pages. Up to 1. 40 there is no numeration; it commences on the 
4l8t. 
The Doctrina concludes on the verso of the 48tli leaf, and the 49th bears this 
title: II Examinatorio M.-iyor | 3 la coseiscia, o ij cada vno por si mcsmo pue | 
de examinar su cosciecia quando se qe | ra a confessar, es cosa may vtil pa- | ra 
los naturales y jjara los nue | uos discipulos en la legua, | otro masbreiioso ]io | 
ne al cabo deste | mayor. | Continues to the 116th leaf. The 62d leaf is dupli- 
cated, and there is no 1. 104. From 1. 117 to 1. 124 is the: Exame pefiuo de la 
cons., and it concludes: Finis. Laus Deo. 
The 125th leaf begins without folio or title ; on the reverse is : H Dcclaracion 
de los Mis | terios de la missa y de los prouechos de oyr la con | devociou. | The 
126th is not, and the 127th is, numbered. Theu follow 20 unnumbered leiivos 
with which the book concludes. 
On the reverse of the last leaf is a long colophon in Tarasco, of which there 
can only be read these words: "lesu Christo .... sancta Maria .... Deuocio- 
nario . . . . Fr. Maturlo Gilberti sat Francisco .... luaii Pablos .... 20 ... . Oc- 
tubre .... 1558." In conclusion there are five lines in Tarasco. 
Of this Tesoro Espiritual, antedating the Tesoro Espiritual de Pobres [No. 
1544] by 17 years, and altogether ditiercnt from it, I do not know that any 
mention has been made; I have seen but the one copy described, which belongs 
to Sr. D. JosiS M" de Agreda, and tliat was in very bad condition. 
1546 ] Dialogo de Doctrina (Jliristiana etc. 
The Tarascan title of this work is as follows: 
lYyetisirandayqvi A- | rin.oaliacaDialo,u()aringani,yclinlicalii- ] 
bo clinpengaba(jiii Christianoengaiii, | yngui vca tata clie ca.siri-q 
Fray | Maturiuo Gilberti santFra- | cisco fcata. Teparimento am | 
