Shelfmark
MS 378
Title
Collection of correspondence, meditations, reflections, spiritual directions, sermons and other papers relating to the Society of Jesus. manuscript.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Rome ; Mazara del Vallo ; Siena ; 1701-1718.
Physical description
1 volume : paper ; 25 x 19 cm.
Note
Title devised by cataloguer.
Note
Title written on spine: Missellanea filosofica.
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Places and dates of production taken from letter headings and caption titles.
Note
Forty-seven items stored in a paper wrapper.
Note
The bulk of the papers are meditations for festive tridua, usually commencing with a quotation from scripture. Also included are some sermons, reflections, prayers and spiritual directions, as well as a number of short letters signed by Michelangelo Tamburini S.J. (1648-1730). Also included is an index of placenames, entitled 'Geographica Sicula', with a thumb index.
Note
Unfoliated.
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Written in black ink, in several hands.
Note
Acquired by Richard Topham (d. 1731). Inscription on outside rear cover: To Rich: Topham Esqr. att Windsor. Bequeathed by Topham to Eton College.
Binding
Early 18th century folded paper cover; forty-seven sewn pamphlets and loose sheets.
Subject
Subject
Added entry--name
Topham, Richard, 1671 - 1730 former owner.
Added entry--place
Italy
Identifier
B49304