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Patente de la Santa Hermandad Fundada en el Sagrario de Esta Santa Iglesia Catedral de Durango con el Glorioso Titulo del Acompañamiento del Sacratisimo Viatico por Su Hermano Mayor, y Erigida Canonicamente por el Señor Provisor y Vicario General de Este Obispado Baxo la Proteccion de el Sagrado Corazon de Jesus [caption title]

Durango, Mx. October, 1793. Broadside, 12 x 8.5 inches, printed in two columns, with a central woodcut headpiece, all within a handsome ornamental border. Old folds, minor foxing, light edge wear, eight pinpoint wormholes not affecting readability of text. Completed in ink, with ink docketing on verso. Signed and rubricated. Very good. Item #3334

A seemingly unrecorded "patente" or indulgence issued by the Holy Cathedral Church of Durango conferring membership into a religious confraternity for a woman named Maria Josefa Cano whose name is entered in ink within the text of the broadside. This indulgence, issued by the colonial "Santa Hermandad," defined Cano's duties, which included attendance at mass on the last Sunday of each month as well as certain festivities, assist sickly brothers and sisters, and attend funerals of fellow members "with a candle in hand." It also provided Cano with membership indulgences, provided for sixteen pesos for her burial, and defined the masses to be performed upon her death. This example includes the name of the former "Hermano mayor" (eldest brother) crossed out and with the name of the current elder signed and rubricated just below; also includes rubrication below the secretary's name. A wonderful indulgence for a woman in Durango in the last decade of the 18th century.

Price: $950.00