Whos who in the Jesuit collection A quest

Who’s who in the Jesuit collection? A quest for identity 33 rd annual EASL conference Leiden, 4 -6 September 2013 Marc Gilbert mgilbert@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, Bm. L

Few books from the first Jesuit mission Collection Jésuite des Fontaines, Bm. L, SJ ZSI 00763

Reprints of famous missionaries’ works Collection Jésuite des Fontaines, Bm. L, SJ ZSI 00749, SJ ZSI 00333

Chinese-French-Latin dictionary Collection Jésuite des Fontaines, Bm. L SJ ZSI 01523

Religious books Collection Jésuite des Fontaines, Bm. L, SJ ZSI 00521

Missionaries’ activities in China Collection Jésuite des Fontaines, Bm. L, SJ ZSI 00699

Jesus and Barabbas Collection Jésuite des Fontaines, Bm. L, SJ ZSI 00699

Jesuits’ scientific works Collection Jésuite des Fontaines, Bm. L, SJ ZSI 01482

Challenging authorities Collection Jésuite des Fontaines, Bm. L, SJ ZSI 00342

From Roma to Lyon, via Sichuan and Bruges Collection Jésuite des Fontaines, Bm. L, SJ ZSI 00644

Some useful notes Collection Jésuite des Fontaines, Bm. L, SJ ZSI 00677

A mystery to be cleared up Collection Jésuite des Fontaines, Bm. L, SJ ZSI 00726

The even higher challenge of Chinese authors

The fuziness of Christian names Collection Jésuite des Fontaines, Bm. L, SJ ZSI 00616

Collection Jésuite des Fontaines, Bm. L, SJ ZSI 00430, SJ ZSI 00691

Some useful websites ◊ Ricci roundtable / Biographies http: //ricci. rt. usfca. edu/biography/index. aspx ◊ Catalogue des manuscrits, Centre Sèvre http: //www. centresevres. com/upload/file/Catalogue_de s_manuscrits. pdf ◊ Archives of the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong http: //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, Bm. L, SJ ZSI 00776

Classification by fields

Chinese documents all over the place

Merci Thank you Marc Gilbert mgilbert@bm-lyon. fr Photo credit : Didier Nicole, Bm. L