The cover page and first folio from the 1635 Movilla Doctrina:
The document (apart from the cover and prologue) is entirely in Timucua. A small breakthrough was finding the Spanish original which this is a translation of. As the Timucua cover page explains, this is a translation of a doctrina that Cardinal Belarmino composed at the command of Pope Clement the 8th.
The Spanish version was available online at the National Library of Portugal. Here is an image of the cover page:
After a bit of examination, it was clear that there was an excellent correspondence, with matching proper names, sections, etc. That made it possible to read and analyse the Movilla.
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