A Digital Repatriation of a Lost archive of the Spanish Pacific: The Library of The Convent of San Pablo (Manila, 1762)

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Important note: Unless otherwise indicated, the hard-copies of the manuscripts in this collection are housed at the LILLY LIBRARY at Indiana University. If you are using any of the documents, please reference them appropriately. Description: This project seeks to repatriate books and manuscripts seized from the archives of the Convent of San Pablo during the British occupation of Manila, 1762 to 1764. Using the original index of the archives, and subsequent records related to the sale and dispersal of its contents, the project envisions a virtual reconstruction of the library’s materials, ca. 1762. Beyond the digital reconstitution of the archival corpus, the “return” of the library to its original site, the project reconceptualizes the library’s original systems of knowledge production, modes of access, and use. The project serves as an entry point to the study of Spanish colonialism in the Pacific and the experience of affected communities, especially in the Philippines.

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Modo de ajustes de cuentas en círculos y cuadrados

At the Lilly Library. VAD6896-U-00010-000013.A

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8 pages: 100% complete (63% indexed, 125% translated, 50% needs review)

Monacillos que lo sean los hijos de los mestizos

This text is in the volume titled "Pertenece al aparador fuera de la pared. Cajón número 9. Papeles de Tagalos. Legajos 4 y 5." "Monacillos que lo sean hijos de Mestizos. Testimonios sobre que los Mestizos y Naturales de Vetuz, y Pozay sean Monacillos en el servicio de la Iglesia. Mestizos de...

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21 pages: 4% complete (0% indexed, 95% translated, 95% needs review)

Noticias de China de 1716

According to the Boxer Catalogue, It's an "unsigned and undated news bulletin, from the China mission field of the principal events there in 1716, written in a very small neat hand. Contains some copies of letters written by various missionaries, including one by the Superior of the French...

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8 pages: 100% complete (63% indexed, 125% translated, 50% needs review)

O motivo que teve Donna Breatriz de Gusmão, mother de Amaro Gomes, para ir a casa do Frei Alvaro de Benavente, Obispo de Ascalon

This text is in the volume with the title "PERTENECE AL/Aparador fuera de la Pared/Cajón/Númber 4/ITALONES Y CHINA/Legajos 1. /2./ 3./ 4./ 5. The volume was compiled by Pedro Orense. Images 320-323.

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8 pages: 100% complete (63% indexed, 125% translated, 50% needs review)