whos who in the jesuit collection? a quest for identity 33rd annual easl conference leiden, 4-6...
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Who’s who in the Jesuit collection?
A quest for identity
33rd annual EASL conference
Leiden, 4-6 September 2013
Marc [email protected]
12 000 Chinese documents from the Jesuit collection
A collection consigned in 1998 by the Society of Jesus
A rich and diversified collection
◊ 800 manuscripts (old and new)
◊ 200 incunabula, among which a part of the famous Gutenberg Bible
◊ 3 000 magazines
◊ 100 000 engravings and religious images
◊ 12 000 Chinese documents
André d’Hormon
(1881-1965) in Peking
欽定書經圖清末
歷代名臣言行錄1886年
Collection Jésuite des Fontaines,BmL
Few books from the first Jesuit mission
Collection Jésuite des Fontaines, BmL, SJ ZSI 00763
Reprints of famous missionaries’ works
Collection Jésuite des Fontaines, BmL, SJ ZSI 00749, SJ ZSI 00333
Chinese-French-Latin dictionary
Collection Jésuite des Fontaines, BmL SJ ZSI 01523
Religious books
Collection Jésuite des Fontaines, BmL, SJ ZSI 00521
Missionaries’ activities in China
Collection Jésuite des Fontaines, BmL,SJ ZSI 00699
Jesusand
Barabbas
Collection Jésuite desFontaines, BmL,SJ ZSI 00699
Jesuits’ scientific works
Collection Jésuite des Fontaines, BmL, SJ ZSI 01482
Challenging authorities
Collection Jésuite des Fontaines, BmL,SJ ZSI 00342
From Roma to Lyon, via Sichuan and Bruges
Collection Jésuite des Fontaines, BmL,SJ ZSI 00644
Some useful notes
Collection Jésuite des Fontaines, BmL,SJ ZSI 00677
A mystery to be cleared up
Collection Jésuite des Fontaines, BmL,SJ ZSI 00726
The even higher challenge of Chinese authors
The fuziness of Christian names
Collection Jésuite des Fontaines, BmL,SJ ZSI 00616
Collection Jésuite des Fontaines, BmL, SJ ZSI 00430, SJ ZSI 00691
Some useful websites
◊ Ricci roundtable / Biographieshttp://ricci.rt.usfca.edu/biography/index.aspx◊ Catalogue des manuscrits, Centre Sèvrehttp://www.centresevres.com/upload/file/Catalogue_des_manuscrits.pdf◊ Archives of the Catholic Diocese of Hong Konghttp://archives.catholic.org.hk◊ Google books (Biblical Translation in Chinese and
Greek or Reference Guide to Christian Missionary Societies in China)
http://books.google.com◊ etc.
Lost in transcriptions
Collection Jésuite des Fontaines, BmL,SJ ZSI 00776
Classification by fields
Chinese documents all over the place