Statues of Bishop Roz, S.J. from Craganore, promulgated on May 16, 1606. No indication when the current volume was written. It contains 4 books (Sepre) each with several Sahe (chapters). It is mostly in Tamil, but with some words in Syriac and some Tamil words in Syriac script.
Dedicated to Jesus, Mary, Joseph, Joachim, Anna, St. Ignatius and Francis Xavier. Written in Portugal in 1822, an annex extends the history to 1824
"Binh recounted with many details of his life and his journey from Macao to Lisbôa (1-63). Then things happened in the Churches and congregations in the years 1824-1831. About 1832, he only had the title: 1832. He added to the index and on pages 598, 599 and 601 a list of his works" Source
"On each page, there is the title: The diary of the Christian love letter. Index: 1. Chronicles 1793-1862, p. 1-156; 2. Father Binh delegation's history with documents about it in 1795-1800, p. 181-239; 3. Correspondence 1799-1826, p. 239-297, 361-397; 4. Poetry Exam 1793-1802, p. 425-467. Talking about Xavier, p. 77 and 129-130." http://www.vietcatholic.net/News/Html/39884.htm
http://www.vietcatholic.net/News/Html/39884.htm. Owned by Philiphê Bỉnh aka Felippe do Rosario, acquired in 1797
From: Philiphê Bỉnh aka Felippe do Rosario (1759–1833) In Portuguese, Latin, Vietnamese (18+) XIV (+9+) 321 pages. Contents: 1. An excerpt of Rhodes and Majorica from the Bibliotheca Scriplorum, by Soltwellus, Rome, 1676, then a copy by 2. Relação da Prizão e Morte dos quattro Ven. Padres ... JG Kratz (Chronicle of the persecution and martyrdom of the four Elders ... JB Kratz), Lisbôa, 1738, p. 1-122, a passage on the missionaries in the North quoted by 3. Ant. Franco, SJ Imaagem da virtute em o Noviciado de Lisbôa, Coimbra, 1717, p. 123-351 and 4. Franc de Mattos, SJ Vida de Sancto Ignacio de Loyola, Lisbon, 1718, p. 252-270 and finally 5. Livro Mappa do Mundo, p. 271-319, a book on geography and history, written in 1813; In this work, Binh briefly redrawn the career of Saint Xavier and missionary history in Dang Trong and Tonkin. The last paragraph, pages 291-319, is titled Noticias dos Marlyrios,but in Vietnamese. Source
"Ceremony: Stabat Mater (Our Lady of the Cross) with commentary, holy week until the Ascension, p. 1-76; then came the Vietnamese practice; 2. Law of the Marianistes, Mass, p. 1-84; 3. Nine days for St. Joseph, p. 85-155; 4. The story of Anam's martyr, translated in 1802 from Relacão in Portuguese about the martyrdom of Father Kratz, written in 1737 and printed in Lisbôa in 1738, p. 156-177 - After number 1 there is a brief list of important world events, starting with “Christmas in 1802, St. Xavier preached in 261, Binh went to Bo in 10." http://www.vietcatholic.net/News/Html/39884.htm.
Dated July 19, 1354 in colophon on f.281r
f.1v is a poem in honor of St. Jerome by Petrarch, the remainder of the volume are Jerome's letters
Autograph
Autograph. Begins with around f.47 in Forcella's Storia di Roma listing, original date of 1379.
Some sort of collection of Roman inscriptions
Autograph
Continuation of Isidore's Chronicle up to the early 14th C. This text or a similar one was used for an Abruzzese Vulgar version in the mid 14th c, see De Caprio, Chiara, “Cronaca volgare Isidoriana”, in: Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle, Edited by: Graeme Dunphy, Cristian Bratu. http://dx.doi.org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/10.1163/2213-2139_emc_SIM_00793.
See McManamon, J. (2015). "Res nauticae: Mediterranean Seafaring and Written Culture in the Renaissance". Traditio, 70, 307-367. doi:10.1017/S0362152900012411. Includes several vovelles
"Centures and other materials related to Jewish literature collected by Giuseppi Assemani, consultor of the Inquisition in the 1750s. Most materials date from thre mid-eighteenth C, but the volume does include some copies of early 17th C documents relating to the work of Desiderio Scagli and Maffeo Barberini, future Urban VIII, in expurgating Hebrew Books. From the collection of the Roman Congregation of the Inquisition" from Jobe, P. (1986). Inquisitorial Manuscripts in the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana: A preliminary Handlist. In The Inquisition in early modern Europe: Studies on sources and methods. Northern Illinois University Press. pp. 47-48
Scribe: Bruno de Deventer. Copied for Pietro del Monte. First folio is lost
Use of Augustinian Hermits. See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 707
First entry is dated April 28, 1607
Printed forms with hand written vote counts. Eleven rounds of voting eventually selected Emilio Bonaventura Altieri, who took the name Clement X
Printed forms with hand written vote counts. This records the 35 rounds of voting that eventually elected Giulio Rospigliosi as Pope Clement IX on June 20, 1667
Translations of both works into Italian
Begins with a dedication to Elisabetta Gonzaga, possibly authors autograph copy
Large damage top-center ff.1-9. Index page at front is a later adition
