Relatio eorum, quae spectant ad declarationem Sinarum Imperatori. Opera P.P. Soc.Jesu. Pekini. 1700. In 4°, MM.(4.)5

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Title: Relatio eorum, quae spectant ad declarationem Sinarum Imperatori. Opera P.P. Soc.Jesu. Pekini. 1700. In 4°, MM.(4.)5; (EN) A Brief Account of Those Matters Pertaining to the Declaration of the Chinese Emperor Kangxi Concerning the Cult of Heaven, Confucius, and the Ancestors.; (Latin) Brevis Relatio eorum, quae spectant ad Declarationem Sinarum Imperatoris Kam Hi circa caeli, Cumfucij, et Avorum cultum
Creator: Authored by the Fathers of the Society of Jesus in Beijing.
Subject: Catolich religion
Abstract: Book on the Emperor's Declarations Regarding Chinese Customs and Their Interpretation.
Publisher: Beijing; China
Date: 1701
Type: Book
Format: Printed text, 122 pages
Identifier: RARI.I.VII.18
Source: Biblioteca Universitaria di Genova
Language: Latin, Manchese,
Relation: Exhibited at the Vatican exhibition At the Crossroads of History: Father Matteo Ricci (1552–1610) between Rome and Beijing (30/10/2009 – 24/02/2010) alongside 150 other works. See the exhibition catalogue: At the Crossroads of History: Father Matteo Ricci (1552–1610) between Rome and Beijing (edited by Antonio Paolucci and Giovanni Morello), Turin, Allemandi, 2009.; Brevis relatio eorum, quæ spectant ad declarationem Sinarum imperatoris Kamhi circa cæli, Cumfucii, et avorum cultum
Rights: Public Domain
Provenance: Stamp of the Royal University of Genoa (large format, 4.5 cm x 2.5 cm).
On the title page, a handwritten note added: “Coll. Gen. S.J.”
Description: (Physical description) Light parchment cover (the only one of this type within the "Chinese collection" of the University Library of Genoa); the spine bears the inscription “Difesa della Cina”, "Defense of China (situation)"

(Size) 24,5x16,1; 1,2 (cm, height x width, thickness)
Has Version: "Real Academia de la Historia (Madrid)
- shelf: Chino, 2-3
ARSI (Archivum Romanum Societas Iesu, Rome)
- shelf: Jap. Sin. I, 206 (original Peking impression), 206a (original Peking impression), 206b (faithful copy of the Peking edition, published in Canton), 206c (copy of the Cantonese edition), 206d (copy of the Cantonese edition), 206e (same as Jap. Sin. I, 206c), 206f, 206g (copy in handwriting on bamboo paper)
- shelf: Jap.Sin., 165, ff. 194-198 (Plicato folded in five pages, in the form of a memorial (jeze), in black frame: both the Manchu text and the imperial rescript are written in black)
Archivio Segreto Vaticano
- shelf: Fondo Albani, 248, f. 32 (Plicato folded in five pages, in the form of a memorial (jeze): the Manchu text is written in black, the imperial rescript in red)
Biblioteca Casanatense (Rome)
- shelf: Rari, 997 (Pp. 1-64 contain the Manchurian and Chinese text of the Jesuit exposition on Chinese rites, the Chinese K'anghsi approval edict with Latin translation, and some Jesuit remarks on the rite controversy)
Biblioteca Universitaria di Genova (BUG)
- shelf: RARI, I.VII.18 München Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Brescia, Biblioteca Civica Queriniana di Brescia, Manoscritti
- ms.B._V.18: contiene 3 miscellanee a stampa: c. 108 ripiegata, Romae, 1710; c. 146 ripiegata, Romae, 1707; cc. 147-149, Romae, 1713
Roma, Biblioteca Angelica:
- Manoscritti, ms. 2294: contiene diversi documenti, la relazione è CC.p.420-495
Biblioteca nazionale centrale - Firenze:
-MAGL. 4.5.420: Edizione Augustaæ Vindelicorum, & Dilingæ : typis & sumptibus Joannis Caspari Bencard, bibliopolæ, 1703
Biblioteca Casanatense
- VOL MISC.1228 3, edizione 1701
Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense:
-H. 08. 0285/02, edizione 1703
BIBLIOTECA VALLICELLIANA :
- 1 v. S.BOR C.III.277(2)
- 1 v. in misc. S.BOR P.V 4 (2)"