Manuscrito

Manuscrito
FREI MANUEL DE NISA - †1654, Manuscrito, MANUSCRITO.- NISA, Frei Manuel de, O.F.M., Cap.- Chronica da Provincia da Piedade.- Século XVII.- 307 f.; 30 cm. Six hundred copy of the work of the Franciscan friar Manuel de Nisa († 1654), chronicler of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, which never was published. That task was taken by Friar Manuel de Monforte († 1711), who in 1696 publishes his first edition. According to the author himself says in the prologue "to the Reader" (in the 1751 edition): It was worth a lot that in this particular two religious of this province had already worked, Friar António de Sinde and Fiari Manuel de Niza, to which first was delivered this task, even though none of them came to see the light of the print. However, according to Barbosa Machado (III, p. 322, ed. Atântida): The original is preserved in the convent of Saint Anthony, outside the walls of the city of Évora. A copy of it was extracted by the antique dealer Manuel Severim de Faria that existed in his select bookstore. Interestingly, the present Codex, loose in binding and with some foxing, but perfectly legible, presents an interesting handwritten note, of the time, in the upper right corner on the initial leaf: Podesse encadernar | Év[o]ra, 26 de março de 1661(?). | M[anu]el de Mag[alhã]es de Men[es]es. Without cover page, from the first page we transcribe the respective title: Livro primeiro da Chronica da Provincia da Piedade, seus principios, successos, e grandes trabalhos, q[ue] tiveram os primeiros Religiosos della, q[ue] padecerão ateh achegarem ao estado de Provincia. In the end, it includes four index leaves, lacking the first leaf, finding the remaining very badly treated (the latter with severe faults). However, the text is apparently complete.