Polish Roman Catholic Seminarians' Handbook

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Add.8920
  • Dates of Creation
      1604-1610 (Circa)
  • Language of Material
      Latin .
  • Physical Description
      1 volume(s) 1 volume

Scope and Content

The first part of the handbook contains 'Consuetudines scholasticae Communes toti Provinciae approbatae a RR. PP. P. Detio Striverio Prov. P. Paulo Boxa V. Prov. cum suis consultoribus. Posnan. Anno 1604', provincial scholastic rules or usages approved by Detius Striverius and Paul Boxa, at Poznan (now Poland), 1604 (23 pages). The second part, 'Ordinationes pro studiosis Collegii Brunsbergen ad instantiam Illmi. Epi. Varmien Simonis Rudnicki, et Senatus Brunsberg a R.P. Provinciali P. Paulo Boxa Ao. 1608. 9 April. Factae', in another hand, contains regulations for students at the college at Braunsberg (East Prussia, now Branievo, Poland), drawn up by Paul Boxa for the Bishop of Varmia [Ermeland] and the Senate of Braunsberg (3 pages).

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Acquisition Information

Purchased 1991

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