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MS - Relação da Provincia da Soledade, Fr. Baltasar de Barcelos.
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MS - Relação da Provincia da Soledade, Fr. Baltasar de Barcelos.
BARCELOS (Fr. Baltazar de)
[RELAÇÃO da Província da Soledade]. s.l.: s.n., s.XVII.
Manuscrito sobre papel; 1 ff. não numerado, 251 ff. numerados de 1 a 501, erros de numeração aparentemente sem falta de texto; encadernação inteira de pergaminho da época; 200 mm.
Manuscript containing a historical list of the Province of Piedade of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor, we believe it is unpublished, written by Fr. Baltazar de Barcelos. According to contemporary handwritten indications, the list was written by that prelate, 'the eldest, who was the son of Fran[cis]co Velho, and Brother of João de Faria Machado, as stated in the Chron[ic]a of the Prov .ª da Pie[da]de Lib. 5. Ch.12. rl page. 727'
When consulting the aforementioned work, we can read a statement from Fr. Antônio de Serpa about Fr. Baltazar de Barcelos. According to this testimony, when António de Serpa was tasked with writing a Chronicle of the Province, Fr. Baltazar had already written his and handed it to his partner. He states that 'everything he says in it is said with great truth, and with equal simplicity, and simplicity of writing.' In addition to this work, António de Serpa also makes reference to a biography of Fr. João de Semeice, with whom Fr. Baltazar de Barcelos had been private at the Casa de Santo António dos Olivais, Coimbra.
This testimony also contains some chronological references that could help date the present manuscript. Regarding those events, Fr. António de Serpa states that 'being friends with both [Fr. John and Fr. Balthazar] (although newly professed) in the years of the Lord 1622.' Therefore, Fr. Baltazar de Barcelos, assuming that it is the same text whose confirmation requires a more detailed study, had already written this list in the first quarter of the s. XVII.
Important testimony to the religious life of one of the most important Portuguese religious orders, with enormous influence on Portuguese life and mentality.
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