Subject: Jesuits--Missions--East Asia--History--17th century--Sources

Far Eastern Catholic missions, 1663-1711 : the original papers of the Duchess d'Aveiro
AuthorAveiro, Maria Guadalupe de Lencastre, Duquesa de, 1630-1715
PlaceTenri 天理
PublisherTenri Toshokan 天理圖書館
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageItalian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish
TypeBook
SeriesClassica Japonica : Section 8, Kirishitan materials II ; 1-3
ShelfFolio Cabinet 1
Call NumberBV3149.A94 1975
Description3 v. : all facsims. ; 37 cm. (in slipcases)
NoteThe Far Eastern Catholic missions, 1663-1711 : the original papers of the Duchess d'Aveiro.
Original letters and documents in Italian, Latin, Portuguese, or Spanish.
Limited ed. of 200 copies. No. 154.
Colophon title in Japanese: 天理圖書館善本叢書 ; 洋書之部第 VIII 次刊行 : キリシタン資料篇 II.

"The present volume contains autograph letters and reports, address to Lady Maria, Duchess de Aveiro, who was later called "Mother of the Mission." ".... most of these writers were Jesuit[s] ... from the latter half of 17th century to the beginning of 18th century. These papers were never allowed by the Lady to be copied as usual and therefore they are very interesting material ... eighty letters are compiled, all kept in the Tenri Central Library, relating to India, Siam, and China ..." --preface (in fractured English)

Correspondents (and recipients if other than the Duquesa) are listed for search purposes:
v. 1. (docs. 1-26): Daniele D'Arello, Juan Antoinio Arnedo, Joao da Costa, Michael de Cannoy, Joseph Cardone, Giovanni Battista Castelnovo, Congregation De Propaganda Fide, Philippe Couplet, Francisco Xavier Filipucci, Jose Freyre, Francisco Gayosso (to) Francisco Messina, Adrien Gelon (Greslon), Philp Grimaldi, Francois Noel, Giovanni Battista d'Iliceto--Indian missions, (unnnamed) Jesuit Father, Annual Letter of the Kanarese Mission-- Andrea Lubelli (to) Philippe Couplet.
v. 2. (docs. 27-63): Louis Eves de Metellope (to) Antoine Thomas, Jacobus Moers, François Noel (to) Francisco Garcia, Francisco Pimentel, Gregorio Ramo, Nicolas de Rivera, Luis M. Sacchi, Bernardo de Santiago, Jose Suarez (most letters are by Antoine Thomas or François Noel), (to) Adrian Petrus.
v. 3. (docs. 64-86): Antony Thomas, (to) Ferdinand Verbiest, Theotonio Trinidade, Antonio Ventimiglia, Ferdinand Verbiest, Juan de Yrigoyen (to) Juan Andres Palavicino, (to) Francisco Messina.

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Jesuit missions in Japan : original letters and reports, 1663-1688
AuthorSonkeikaku Bunko 尊經閣文庫 (Tōkyō)Maggs Bros.
PlaceTōkyō 東京
PublisherYushodo 雄松堂
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageLatin, Portuguese, Spanish
TypeBook
Series
ShelfFolio Cabinet 1
Call NumberBV3443.M34 1975
Description2 v. : facsims. ; 37+ 27 cm.
NoteJesuit missions in Japan : original letters and reports, 1663-1688 : : in the collection of the Sonkei kaku Library [Sonkeikaku Bunko 尊經閣文庫], the Maeda Ikutoku kai Foundation [Maeda Ikutokukai 前田育德會], Tokyo, Japan / edited by The Library.
Facsimiles of original letters in Latin, Portuguese, or Spanish; separate volume of translations in English and Japanese.
v. 1. Plates (facsimile reproductions)--v. 2. Translations (in English and Japanese). The English section is a reproduction of Maggs Bros. 1926 catalog Printed Books and Manuscripts on Japan, p. 77-113, translation by Prof. Hans Breitenstein, S.J., Sophia University. (arranged chronologically). Entries include Maggs Bros. catalog numbers.

These items are from the collection of Maeda Tsunanori 前田綱紀 (1643-1724) and other daimyo of the Kaga Clan 加賀藩, now in the Sonkeikaku Bunko. The collection includes Jesuit letters, most by Fr. Anthony (Antoine) Thomas, S.J. (1644-1709) addressed to the Duchess of Aveiro in Portugal, patroness of the Jesuit mission to Japan after the Shogunate closed the country to foreigners in 1639.

Includes: Carta, o Relacio Sumaria de lo Sucedido en la gran China, y Japon hasta Henero de 1666, to Fr. Prov. Juan de los Angeles [1663-1666]. Philippines--Ignacio de Marquina--Thomas, Rationes praecipuae pro Expeditione Japonica [1679] ; Fundatio Missionis Marianae propenenda R. P. Generali [1679-1680]--Carlo Juan Turcotti (to) Francisco Garcia, Libellus Rationum (to) Francisco de Tavora, Viceroy of India [1683], Anthony Thomas (to) Ignatius Sarmento (Goa, 1683), Thomas (to) Sebastiano d'Almeida, (to) Ferdinando de Queiros, Conde de Alvoz (Viceroy of India) in the autograph of Fr. A. Thomas (to) the Emperor of Japan (1683), Juan Antonio Arnedo, Francois Noel "On the expectation of opening Japan..."

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LCCN76-364351
Labor evangelica, ministerios apostolicos de los obreros de la Compañia de Iesvs, fvndacion, y progressos de su provincia en las islas Filipinas. Historiados por el padre Francisco Colin
AuthorColín, Francisco, 1592-1660Chirino, Pedro, 1557-1635Pastells, Pablo, 1846-1932Murillo Velarde, Pedro, 1696-1753
PlaceBarcelona
PublisherHenrich y compañía
CollectionBibl. Sinensis Soc. Iesu
Edition
LanguageSpanish
TypeBook, Digital Book (PDF)
Series
ShelfDirector's Office, Digital Archives
Call NumberDS674.C715 1900
Description3 v. : ill., 13 folded maps ; 29 cm.
NoteLabor evangelica, ministerios apostolicos de los obreros de la Compañia de Iesvs, fvndacion, y progressos de su provincia en las islas Filipinas. Historiados por el padre Francisco Colin ... Parte primera sacada de los manvscritos del padre Pedro Chirino, el primero de la compañia que passó de los reynos de España a estas islas, por orden, y a costa de la catholica, y real Magestad.

Nueva ed. ilustrada con copia de notas y documentos para la critica de la historia general de la soberania de España en Filipinas / por el p. Pablo Pastells, S.J.

First edition, Madrid, 1663.
The second part, by Pedro Murillo Velarde, was published in Manila in 1749 under title: Historia de la provincia de Philipinas de la Compania de Jesvs. Segvnda parte.
"Indice alfabético": v. 1, p. [1]-202.

Library has vols 2-3.
Local access dig.pdf. [Colin-Labor evangelica.pdf]

Online at Internet Archive (preferred, color images).
Online at Hathi Trust Digital Library.
Online atGoogle Books:
Volume 1.
Volume 2.
Volume 3.

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