[MALTA (Order of) - CANY (Knight of) / MANUSCRIT]. "Reflecti - Lot 3

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[MALTA (Order of) - CANY (Knight of) / MANUSCRIT]. "Reflecti - Lot 3
[MALTA (Order of) - CANY (Knight of) / MANUSCRIT]. "Reflections of a Knight of Malta, Religious of the Military Order of the Hospitallers of Saint [John] of Jerusalem. On the greatness and duties of his state. Calligraphic manuscript from the end of the 17th century in three parts and a paperback volume of 177 folios (230 x 355 mm). 18 unnumbered ff. (foreword, "Formulaire de la profession reguliere des Chevaliers de Malte [...]" & orations) + 318 numbered pp. Autograph manuscript (?) of the work of the Chevalier de CAN Y (Jean-Baptiste Le Marinier [or Lemarinier]), commander of the Order of Malta (1645-1689). Manuscript in three parts, with numerous additions and corrections in the text and margins from the same period, the last ones dating from the mid-1680s. The various introductory orations are written in black and red ink. The three parts are entitled : " De lorigine et établissement de lordre militaire des hospitaliers de Saint-Jean de Jerusalem ", " Quel est l'etat d'un chevalier de Malte " & " ? The third part (whose title is missing) was added after the table of chapters, which comprises three leaves (paginated from 289 to [294]). Marginal rat work on the first two leaves; last quire partially detached; tears with small lack on the table leaves; 5 deficient ff. (corresponding to pp. 295 to 304 of the beginning of the third part); some foxing and soiling. AUTOGRAPHIC (?) MANUSCRIBER of this TEXT REMAINING UNRELEASED, both in its French version and in its Italian translation, SUMMARY OF THE SPIRITUALITY OF THE ORDER OF THE HOSPITALS OF SAINT JOHN OF JERUSALEM. Cf. Engel (Cl.-É.), The Knights of Malta, P., Presses contemporaines, 1972, pp. 76-77; Depasquale (C.), "La vie culturelle des chevaliers de Malte au XVIIIe siècle", Synergies Monde Méditerranéen, n° 1, 2010, pp. 97 & sq. (p. 99), & De Palma (L. M.), "Jean-Baptiste Le Marinier de Cany, un maestro della spiritualità giovannita", in Lorenzo Benedetti, Tuitio fidei et obsequium pauperum [...], Viareggio, La Villa, 2019. According to Engel, the manuscript is in Valletta (Ms. Libr 324).
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