Mexican Ecclesiastical Manuscript (ca. 1811)

Mexico

1811

Handwritten manuscript (written in 1811 copied from the Archivos de Leon) of a 17th century (1681) Mexican manuscript, subdividing and creating new bishoprics in the far north of Mexico. Folio, original calf with inlaid eagle and snake device; rubbed, spine gone, device intact. 50 manuscript leaves. Internally clean in official binding of early independent Mexico.