Texts in defense of the Jesuits against the brief of Pius VI condemning them.
Language:
Italian
Provenance:
Purchased by Henry C. Lea, 1893 (bookplate, inside upper cover; signature and date, front flyleaf recto).; Bequest of Henry C. Lea, 1909.; Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909, former owner.
140 leaves : paper; 261 x 184 (228 x 162) mm bound to 268 x 188 mm
Rights:
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Notes:
Ms. codex.; Table of contents: 1. f.1r-26v: Anecdoti interessanti... / Carlo Borgo. -- 2. f.27r-109r: Memoria cattolica offerta alla santità€ di N.S. Pio VI P.M....1776, Cosmopoli / Carlo Borgo. -- 3. f.115r-129r: Seguito delle osservazioni sul breve di Pio VI condannatorio della Memoria cattolica cosmopolitana. -- 4. f.129v-138v: Conclusione dell'editore di questi anecdoti al futuro sommo pontefice. -- 5. f.139r-140v: Lettera del cavalier Villegas di Staimbourg consigliere nel supremo consiglio del Brabante, facendo in esso le veci di cancelliere, scritta all'Abb[at]e Lefeller, e stampato nel suo diario sotto di 16 aprile 1790, pag. 632.; Title from title page (f. 1r).; Foliation: Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 140 + i (contemporary paper); 1-140; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand.; Binding: Contemporary half parchment, with initials M.C. on spine.; Origin: Written in Italy[?], after 1790.; Pencilled note on front endleaf attributing the text to Borgo is in the hand of Henry Charles Lea.; Italian, with epigraphs and quotations in Latin.
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 529
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