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Title

O novo milagre da Cruz no monte de St. Thomé :

Authors

• Mascarenho, Tiago, 18th century

Call number

Ms. Codex 2035
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206, University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9976487663503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1137021345

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Portuguese

Origin

Date

1728

Place

Chennai

Summary

Dialogue between a Catholic and a Protestant about a new miracle of the Cross on the hill of São Tomé in Mylapore, at the end of which the Catholic converts. The Protestant refers to an edition of Jacinto Freire de Andrade's Vida de D. Joaõ de Castro, IV. Viso-Rey da India published in 1722 (p. 6).

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from title page (p. vii).
   

Watermark

Similar to Churchill 214, Arms of England of Van der Ley and Honig, 1733, but with intials LVG below (p. i); similar to countermark of Churchil 214, crowned GR (p. v).

Extent

32 leaves : 160 x 100 (125 x 73) mm bound to 165 x 105 mm

Foliation

Paper, 32 leaves; [i-vii, 1], 2-48, [i-ix]; contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary (18th-century) quarter calf with marbled boards (Weinberger); upper cover and first three leaves detached; lower cover nearly detached.

Layout

Written in 21-23 long lines; outer margin formed by folding; indication of speaker (Pro, Rom, or Conv) written outside the left margin; octavo format (except for first three leaves, which have horizontal chain lines).

Script

Written in secretary script.

Provenance

• Formerly owned by Benjamin Harrison (bookplate inside upper cover).
   
• Sold by Adam Weinberger Rare Books (New York), 2017.
   

Subjects topical

• Catholic Church--Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore--Early works to 1800
• Protestant Churches--Missions--India, South--Early works to 1800
• Catholics--India--Controversial literature
• Mylapore (Chennai, India)--Religious life and customs--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Codices (bound manuscripts)
• Dialogues (Literature)
• Manuscripts, Portuguese--18th century
• Manuscripts, European

Keywords

• 18th century
• Indian
• Portuguese
• Manicules
• Paper
• India
• Dialogue

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Table of contents

• vii — O novo milagre da Cruz no monte de St. Thomé
• vii — O novo milagre da Cruz no monte de St. Thomé