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In:Basilio Brollo’s Dictionarium sinico-latinum (Chinese-Latin dictionary): A critical edition of the manuscript Rinuccini 22 (Biblioteca Mediceo-Laurenziana)
Gabriele Tola
[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences 134] 2026
► pp. 1–15

Chapter 1
In search of clues for dating Rinuccini 22 and Borg. Cin. 475

A comparison of the historical and biographical notes found in the two manuscripts

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Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Preliminary considerations
  • 3.Comparison of the biographical and historical notes in Rinuccini 22 and in Borg. Cin. 475
    • 3.1Bernardino Della Chiesa
    • 3.2Giovanni Francesco Nicolai da Leonissa
    • 3.3Ferdinand Verbiest
    • 3.4Persecution of Hangzhou
    • 3.5Gregorio López
  • 4.Conclusions
  • Author queries
  • Notes
  • References
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