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Title
Acerca del chocolate : holograph manuscript
Creator
Gómez de Orozco, Frederico
Contributor
Gómez de Orozco, Frederico
Date Created and/or Issued
ca. 1730
Contributing Institution
UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives
Collection
American Institute of Wine & Food Culinary Collection
Rights Information
Public Domain
Constraint(s) on Use: This work may be used without prior permission.
Use: This work is available from the UC San Diego Library. This digital copy of the work is intended to support research, teaching, and private study.
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
Cite as: Acerca del Chocolate. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Type
text
Format
1 item (19 leaves)
Form/Genre
Holograph manuscript
Subject
Chocolate--History
Chocolate--Early works to 1800
Cacao--Archival resources
Cacao--Early works to 1800
Cocoa--Therapeutic use--Archival resources
Chocolate--Archival resources
Cocoa--Therapeutic use--Early works to 1800
Catholic Church--Mexico--History--18th century
Holograph manuscript

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