Portuguese manuscripts collection, 1345-1918.

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Portuguese manuscripts collection, 1345-1918.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70981680

Letters, account books, literary manuscripts and poetry, reports, proclamations, legal and military documents, broadsides, notebooks, and other papers and documents relating to various aspects of Portuguese history, society, literature, religion, and culture. Subjects include the poet, Luís de Camões; military orders of knighthood, especially the Ordem Militar de Avis and the Order of Christ; and Sebastianism. Also contains material pertaining to the Peninsular War, Miguelist civil strife in Portugal, royal funeral ceremonies, the Inquisition, genealogy, and colonial administration in Brazil. Prominent figures represented include Portuguese sovereigns, diplomats, priests and other religious leaders in the Catholic Church, intellectuals, and others.

3,000 items.288 containers plus (1 oversize)1 microfilm reel.55 linear feet.

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Order of Christ

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Camões, Luís de, 1524?-1580

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Ordem Militar de Avis

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Catholic Church

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During much of Doctor José Gaspar de Francia's dictatorship (1814-1840), Paraguay was without a bishop and the church was harrassed. From the description of Libro de providencias, ordenes, y autos : por Dn. Juan Antonio Riveras, cura rector de la parrequial de la Villeta : manuscript, 1804-1857. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612746619 An antiphonary is a book containing sacred vocal music, both the antiphons of the breviary, and the musical notes. An antiphon it...