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Add MS 8660
- Record Id:
- 032-002029543
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002029543
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000045.0x0000a4
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- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 8660
- Title:
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PAPERS RELATING TO THE ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS OF THE EAST, AND OF THE GREEK CHURCH; 1707-1756. Italian and Latin. Copies, partially printed. Decrees and missions in the East, the papers principally relating to Chinese, Indian and Christian worship. Armorial bookplate of 5th Earl of Guilford, with shelfmark 'L/19/E' (front pastedown). '87' in pencil in upper left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8391-8393, 8589, 8721, 8722, 8723-8724, 8753, 8754, 8755, 8722, and possibly 8366 and 8727, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 87 (part).
Paper; ff. 81. Composite volume. 270 x 200mm. Guilford binding of quarter vellum with decorated paper covers on pasteboards.
Contents as follows:
1. ff. 1-4. Brief of Pope Clement XI to the emperor of the Tartars and China; 1709. Latin. Inc. ' Illustri ac Potentissimo utriusque Tartarie ac Sinarum Imperatori...', expl. 'Gratie lumen et animo auspicamur. Datum Romae anno 1709'.
2. ff. 5-6. Decree of Charles Thomas Maillard Cardinal of Tournon; 1707. Latin. Inc. 'Carolus Thomas Maillard de Tournon Dei & Apostolicae Sedis gratia Patriarcha Antiochenus, expl. 'Publicata Nankini die die 7 Februarii 1707. Andreas Candela sanctae Visitationis Apostolicae Cancellarius & Missionarius Apostolicus'. Published as Memoires for Rome concerning the state of the Christian Religion in China with the decree of His Present Holiness Pope Clement XI, concerning the affair of the Chinese worship and the ordinance of my Lord Card. of Tournon upon the same subject, An. 1710. (London: B.Tooke and G. Strahan, 1710), pp. 263-272; B.L. copy 700.f.34.
3. ff. 7-10. Dichiarazione del Signor Nicolò Charmot Missionario Apostolico e Procuratore generale in Roma de’ Vescovi, Vicari, e Missionari Apostolici Francesi delle Missioni Straniere, &c. contro una lettera sotto nome del Padre F. Bonaventura di Roma Missionario della Cina. [Rome. S.n. 3 Agosto 1710]. 4°. [4] leaves. Italian. Printed.
4. ff. 11-14. Informazione sopra il foglio intitolato: la Verità d’ una testimonianza del Padre Marco Silverio Sbatti della Compagnia di Giesù, confermata dalla dichiarazione del Sig. Abbate Gio: Donato Mezzafalce contro la medesima. [S.l. S.n. S.d]. 4°. pp. 1-7. Italian. Printed.
5. ff. 15-31. 'De concilianda Ecclesia Ruthena Magnae Russiae cum Ecclesia Romana scriptum theologicum Sorbonae anno 1717'; 1717. Latin. Inc. 'Inter cetera, que Parisiis', expl. 'et Universitatis Parisiensis, signatur Libour'.
6. ff. 32-54. 'Lettera in occasione della Bolla di Nostro Signore Papa Benedetto XIV emanata il 12 Ottobre 1744 intorno ai riti Malabarici tradotta dal Francese 1745'; 1745. Italian. Inc. 'Voi volete sapere', expl. 'per punir il mondo della sua incredulità? Sono Servitore'.
7. ff. 55-59. 'Notizie alla Santità di Nostro Signore PP. Benedetto XIV per riassumere il carteggio cogl’ Imperadori della Cina'; n.d. Italian. Inc. 'Essendosi benignamente degnato', expl. 'che fa duopo antecedentemente stabilire'.
8. ff. 60-71. 'Breve di Benedetto PP. XIV all’ Arcivescovo Hierapolitano sopra il rito greco'; 10 March 1746. Latin. Inc. 'Venerabilis Frater, Salutem et Apostolicam Benedictionem', expl. (f. 70) 'Pontificatis Nostri anno Sexto'. Followed (f. 71) by the copy of a bull by Benedict XIV.
9. ff. 72-81. 'Il più succinto racconto della partenza , e venuta delle Famiglie Albanesi nello Stato di Castro, e dello Stato, in cui si ritrovano, di passagio toccandosi semplicemente le cose più sostanziali'; n.d. Italian. Inc. 'Attese le grandi angarie, ed invasioni', expl. 'esentati da ogni pericolo , e disturbo de Turchi'.
- Scope & Content:
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Church of Russia: Church of China: Eastern Churches: Papers relating to the ecclesiastical affairs of: 1707-1756: Ital. and Lat: Copies, partly printed.
Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828.
Church of Rome: Papers rel. to ecclesiastical affairs in the East: 1707-1756: Ital. and Lat: Copies, partly printed.
includes:
- ff. 1-4 Church of China: Brief of Pope Clement XI to the emperor of the Tartars and China: 1709: Lat: Copy.
- ff. 1-4 Clement XI; Pope: Brief to the emperor of the Tartars and China: 1709: Lat: Copy.
- ff. 5-6 Church of China: Decree of Card. Maillard of Tournon rel. to: 1707: Lat: Copy.
- ff. 5-6 Charles Thomas Maillard de Tournon, Cardinal 1706: Andrea Candela, secretary: Decree rel. to China by Charles Thomas Maillard de Tournon, copied by Andrea Candela: 1707: Lat.
- ff. 7-10 Nicolò Charmot, missionary: Printed Matter: Dichiarazione del Signor Nicolò Charmot, [Rome], [S.n.]: [1710]: Ital: Printed.
- ff. 11-14 Marco Silverio Sbatti, Jesuit: Informazione sopra il foglio intitolato: la Verità d'una testimonianza del Padre Marco Silverio Sbatti. . .: n.d.: Ital: Printed.
- ff. 11-14 Printed Matter: Informazione sopra il foglio intitolato: la Verità d' una testimonianza del Padre Marco Silverio Sbatti. . .: n.d.: Ital: Printed.
- ff. 15-31 Church of Russia: Theological disquisition on conciliation with Rome: 1717: Lat: Copy.
- ff. 32-54 Eastern Churches: Letter rel. to the rites of the Syro-Malabaric Church: 1745: Ital. transl: Copy.
- ff. 55-59 Benedict XIV; Pope: Memorandum rel. to contacts with China for Benedict XIV: n.d.: Ital: Copy.
- ff. 60-70 Liturgies GREEK: Benedict XIV; Pope: Brief to the Archbishop of Hierapolis rel. to Greek liturgy from Benedict XIV: 1746: Lat: Copy.
- ff. 72-81 Albania: Island of Lemnos: Account of the arrival of Albanian families to Castro: 1st half 18th cent.: Ital: Copy.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002029543
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002029543
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
Italian
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1707
- End Date:
- 1756
- Date Range:
- 1707-1756
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Custodial History:
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Robert Harding Evans, bookseller: Purchased from, (lot 87, part).
Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford: Owned, bef. 1828.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Benedict XIV, Pope
Candela, Andrea, secretary
Charmot, Nicolò, missionary
Church of China
Church of Rome
Church of Russia
Clement XI, Pope
Eastern Churches
Evans, Robert Harding, bookseller and auctioneer, 1777-1857
Maillard de Tournon, Charles Thomas, Cardinal 1706
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770
Sbatti, Marco Silverio, Jesuit - Places:
- Albania, Europe
Lemnos, Greece