[Giornale della Legazione di China, che incomincia …]

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  • Reference
    • GB 247 MS Hamilton 7
  • Dates of Creation
    • 17--
  • Language of Material
    • Italian
  • Physical Description
    • 149 leaves. 4to

Scope and Content

Giornale della Legazione di China, che incomincia dalli 13. di 7bre 1720 Scritto dal Pre. Viani Seruita, Confese. di Monsig. Patriarcha nel tempo della sua Legazione. 7bre 1720. 18th century. Described the legation of Carlo Ambrogio Mezzabarba, Patriarch of Alexandria, from Pope Clement X to the Emperor K'ang-Hsi, Mezzabarba's mission was to negotiate acceptance of the constitution Ex illa die of March 19, 1715, condemning the Chinese rites. An account of the legation by Viani, with a different title, was published at Parigi in 1739. This manuscript is described on the fly-leaf as "unpubl. MSS."
[Formerly accessioned as 876]

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