Synod held in 1599
prefaced with letter from 1775 to Stefano Borgia, actual text and translation into Italian, begins on f.5
Hanxleden completed as far as the letter T.
Similar to the later, 1787, Borg.ind.16. Bilingual text, Hindu ff.1r-46r, Italian ff.48r-end
a printed Portuguese/Tamil dictionary, dated on the first page and printed at the chirch of St. Thomas in Ambalcat(Malabar, India). The printing is poor quality
from Calcutta, contains 2 volumes, v.1 pp.1-428, v.2 pp.1-232
dated on f.IIv, copy of a 1751 text created with the assistance of an un-named Brahmin. This copy was written by Costanzo da Borgo San Sepolcro. See Lorenzen, D. N. (2015). A dialogue between a christian an a Hindu about religion. El Colegio de Mexico AC. Google Books
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.
Written in Garshuni Malayalam, the script of the St. Thomas Christians of the Malabar Coast, see Perczel, I. (n.d.). "Garshuni Malayalam: A Witness to an Early Stage of Indian Christian Literature". Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies, Vol. 17.2: 263-323. Retrieved August 4, 2020, from https://www.academia.edu/8456992/Garshuni_Malayalam_A_Witness_to_an_Early_Stage_of_Indian_Christian_Literature.
Malayam-Portuguese dictionary. See James, G. (2017). Tamil Lexicography (Vol. 40). De Gruyter. p. 246
In Tibetan
Given April 20, 1774
Catalogued in Joseph, G., Kerala Council for Historical Research, & Arts Humanities Research Board. (2009). Kerala mathematics : History and its possible transmission to Europe. Delhi: B.R. Pub. p. 309
Title page "Ciandrodayam" or "The Birth of the Moon". Catalogued in Joseph, G., Kerala Council for Historical Research, & Arts Humanities Research Board. (2009). Kerala mathematics : History and its possible transmission to Europe. Delhi: B.R. Pub. p. 309
In Kilippattu style, discusses the importance of the religious observances on Monday. Collected by Fr. Paulinose
Fillozat, Jacqueline. “Nine Pali Manuscripts in the Vatican Library.” Journal of the Pali Text Society., Journal of the Pali Text Society, 26 (2000): pp. 146-147
Titled in Italian on f.1r, Regle dei Talapouri. See Fillozat, Jacqueline. “Nine Pali Manuscripts in the Vatican Library.” Journal of the Pali Text Society., Journal of the Pali Text Society, 26 (2000): p. 147. Pali-Burmese nissaya
Donated in 1771 by Stefano Borgia
Catalogued in Joseph, G., Kerala Council for Historical Research, & Arts Humanities Research Board. (2009). Kerala mathematics : History and its possible transmission to Europe. Delhi: B.R. Pub. p. 309
On 10 metal plates, covered with red laquered wood covers. Burmese tamarind-seed large script in black on gilt ground, fine red-line decor. See Fillozat, Jacqueline. “Nine Pali Manuscripts in the Vatican Library.” Journal of the Pali Text Society., Journal of the Pali Text Society, 26 (2000): p. 148.
