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C.52.c.12
- Record Id:
- 032-003882024
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003882024
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100121653807.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- C.52.c.12
- Title:
- Manvale ad sacramenta
- Additional Titles:
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Manuale ad sacramenta
- Scope & Content:
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Author/compiler: Cerqueira, Luiz de, Bishop of Japan.
Imprint: CVM APPROBATIONE, ET FACVLTATE. / Nangasaquij [=Nagasaki] , / In Collegio Japonico Societatis IESV. / Anno Domini. M. DCV. [=1605] . (This imprint appears on the title page, lower part. A further colophon on last page of text reads: NANGASAQVII. / In Collegio Iaponico Societatis JESV. / Anno Domini M. DCV.)
Description: 1 vol. bound in brown tooled leather, western style. pp. [1] (title page), [1, blank] , [2] (Approbatio + Facultas), [12] (calendar), 414 (main text), [4] (index). 23.4 x 16.2 cm.
Movable type. Printing frame 19.2-19.4 x 12.2 cm. Single-line borders, with an additional rule below the running title.
Text in Latin with a small admixture of passages in romanised Japanese. Printed in black and red, using both roman and italic type, on a printing press imported from Europe by the Jesuits. Varying no. of lines to page, depending on size of type. Musical (staff) notation on pages between 239 and 300.
Printed on ganpi paper in a western tooled leather binding, old but not contemporary with printing. Spine title taken from title page.
Edition: The only edition published by the Jesuit mission press in Japan. This is also the only book among kirishitan publications to be printed in red and black.
Contents: A ritual in Latin adapted to the needs of the Church in Japan according to the Roman rite, edited by Bishop Luis de Cerqueira. It includes liturgical texts commonly needed by missionaries in Japan, particularly prayers and ceremonies for the administration of the sacraments. This copy lacks the 33-page appendix in romanised Japanese, referred to in the text, which is to be found in one of the copies in the Beitang Library 北堂文庫, Beijing.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Japanese woodblock materials
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003882024", "parent" : "#", "text" : "C.52.c.12: Manvale ad sacramenta" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003882024
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003882024
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Japanese
Latin - Scripts:
- Japanese
Latin - Start Date:
- 1605
- End Date:
- 1605
- Date Range:
- 1605
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Japan
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: Very good.
Impression: Sharp and clear, from little-worn type.
Illustrations: Engraved decorative emblem of the Jesuit Order printed in red on the title page. Decorated initials at head of some sections.
Seals of ownership: None.
Manuscript notes: Note in black ink on margin of title page: Vide Phil. Alegā- / be Bibliothecam / Scriptorū S. I.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Source and date of acquisition unknown.
- Finding Aids:
- Kenneth Gardner, Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese books in the British Library printed before 1700 (London and Tenri, 1993). C. Japanese works 和書 2. Religion (excluding buddhism) 宗教 (仏教以外) b. Christianity キリスト教
- Publications:
- Kokatsujiban no kenkyū 古活字版の研究, p. 140 (under title Sakaranmenta teiyō サカラメンタ提要) ; Kirishitan bunko, pp. 43-6; The Jesuit mission press in Japan, 1591-1610, pp. 47-50; Kirishitan-ban no kenkyū きりしたん版の研究, pp. 152-3; see also bibliography in Kirishitan-ban no kenkyū, p. 218.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)