Breue relacion de la vida y muerte del venerable padre Baltasar Piñas : manuscript
Scope and Contents
Twelve-page manuscript biography of Baltasar Piñas, written in ink on 3 bifolia. The docket title on the verso of the final leaf indicates the manuscript was remitted to Father Joseph Guimara. Dated at the head of page 1 "Muerte del P. Baltasar Piñas 2 abril 1612" and dated again "abril 22 1612" at the conclusion of the text on page 8. Most sources give 1611 as the year of Piñas's death. Signed: Fran[cisco de Villalva. Final two leaves are blank.
Dates
- Creation: 1612
Creator
Language of Materials
In Spanish. (Humanistic cursive script).
Access Note
Open for research.
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Biographical note: Baltasar Piñas
Spanish Jesuit priest, missionary, and administrator. Baltasar Piñas was the second Jesuit Provincial of Peru, governing the colonial Jesuit province from 1583 to 1587.
Full Extent
0.50 Linear Feet (1 container ) : (12 pages) : paper ; 31 x 22 cm
Provenance
Purchased from Librería de Antaño, 2010.
General Note
Caption title.
Binding Information
Disbound.
Source
- Librería de Antaño (Organization)
- Title
- Breue relacion de la vida y muerte del venerable padre Baltasar Piñas
- Subtitle
- 1612
- Author
- Noah Sheola
- Date
- 2026
- Description rules
- Dcrmmss
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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