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Description
TX817.C4 C56 1730z Provenance: Frederico Gómez de Orozco Holograph manuscript, attributed to a Carmelite friar writing in Mexico ca. 1730. The manuscript, in the form of an epistle, attempts to rebut the Church's strictures against the consumption of chocolate. It concludes with the proposition that chocolate is medicinal and its consumption should not be dismissed as mere self- indulgence. The manuscript was formerly owned by the Mexican historian Frederico Gómez de Orozco Primary text in Spanish with quotations in Latin Cite as: Acerca del Chocolate. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Type
text
Format
1 item (19 leaves)
Form/Genre
Holograph manuscript
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb3482101x
Subject
Cocoa--Therapeutic use--Archival resources Chocolate--History Chocolate--Early works to 1800 Chocolate--Archival resources Cacao--Archival resources Cocoa--Therapeutic use--Early works to 1800 Cacao--Early works to 1800 Catholic Church--Mexico--History--18th century Holograph manuscript
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