Whos who in the Jesuit collection? A quest for identity 33rd annual EASL conference Leiden, 4-6...

Who’s who in the Jesuit collection?

A quest for identity

33rd annual EASL conference

Leiden, 4-6 September 2013

Marc Gilbertmgilbert@bm-lyon.fr

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

MerciThank you

Marc Gilbertmgilbert@bm-lyon.frPhoto credit : Didier Nicole, BmL