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| Chronology |
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| Introduction |
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I Reading Historical Notices of Tibet (HNT): Genre, Style, Historiography, and Rhetoric |
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II Ippolito Desideri: His Life and Mission |
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III The Making of the HNT |
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| Historical Notices of Tibet, and a Personal Account of the Journeys and the Mission Undertaken There by Fr. Ippolito Desideri of the Society of Jesus, Written and Dedicated by the Same |
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| To the Reader |
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113 | (6) |
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Book I Personal Account of the Journey from Rome to Lhasa, the Capital City of the Third Tibet, and of the Mission Undertaken There |
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1 Departure from Rome and Journey to Lisbon |
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119 | (4) |
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2 Voyage from Lisbon to the Latitude of the Cape of Good Hope |
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123 | (5) |
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3 Continuation of the Voyage to Mozambique and Then on to Goa |
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128 | (5) |
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4 Departure from Goa and Journey to Delhi, Capital of the Mogul Empire, and Brief Notices of That Court |
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133 | (10) |
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5 Of the Churches and Christian Community of the Society of Jesus in Delhi and of Some of the Notable Christians Living There |
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143 | (6) |
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6 Stay in the City of Agra and Notices of the Jesuit Mission There |
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149 | (6) |
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7 Departure from Delhi; Arrival in Kashmir and Stay in That City; Some Notices of That Place |
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155 | (5) |
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8 Departure from Kashmir and the Journey to Ladakh, Capital of the Second Tibet |
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160 | (5) |
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9 Stay in Ladakh, Capital City of the Second or Great Tibet; Departure and Arrival at Tashigang |
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165 | (3) |
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10 Journey across the Great Desert of Ngari Jungar and Assistance Received from the Company of a Tartar Princess |
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168 | (8) |
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11 Arrival at the First Inhabited Places of the Third and Greatest Tibet; The Journey Continued and Arrival at the Capital; Visits to the King and Chief Ministers; Beginning of the Mission in That Kingdom |
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176 | (5) |
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12 Protection from the King; Help Provided Him and the Prime Minister in Their Peril; Demonstrations of Gratitude Shown by the Same; Their Gifts and Offerings Refused |
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181 | (4) |
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13 The First Book Composed by the Author in the Tibetan Language and Solemnly Presented to the King at a Public Audience |
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185 | (4) |
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14 Study of the Books and of the Errors of Those People |
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189 | (3) |
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15 Other Books Written by the Author in the Tibetan Language |
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192 | (4) |
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16 An Account of the Mission That the Society of Jesus Has Had in Tibet from Its Foundation to the Time of the Author |
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196 | (8) |
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17 Account of the Most Reverend Capuchin Fathers Sent by the Propaganda to the Missions of Tibet; The Author's Conversations and Good Relations with the Same in That Kingdom |
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204 | (7) |
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Book II Notices of the Nature, Customs, and Civil Government of Tibet |
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1 The Boundaries and Geography of Great Tibet |
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211 | (3) |
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2 The Climate and Fertility of the Country of Tibet |
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214 | (4) |
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3 Of the Musk Animal and of Other Animals Found in Tibet |
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218 | (5) |
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4 Of the Rivers of Tibet, and of Their Boats and Bridges |
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223 | (2) |
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5 Of Western Tibet and of Some of Its Provinces and Cities |
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225 | (4) |
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6 Of the City of Lhasa, Capital of Tibet, and of Its Environs |
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229 | (5) |
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7 Of the Outskirts of Lhasa and the Middle Provinces of This Tibet |
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234 | (3) |
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8 Of the Eastern Provinces of Tibet |
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237 | (5) |
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9 Of the Rulership of Tibet and How It Passed to the Tartars |
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242 | (3) |
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10 Revolutions in Tibet before Its Rulership Passed from the Tartars to the Chinese |
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245 | (5) |
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11 The Unhappy End of King Genghis Khan and of His Family |
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250 | (5) |
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12 Of the Rulership of Tibet When It Passed from the Tartars to the Chinese |
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255 | (6) |
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13 Of the Civil Government of Tibet |
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261 | (6) |
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14 Of the Dress and Foods Used in Tibet |
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267 | (7) |
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15 Of the Letters and Alphabet of the Tibetans, and Their Aptitude for Learning and the Arts |
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274 | (6) |
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16 Of the Physical Characteristics, Occupations, Games, Agriculture, and Inclinations of the Tibetans |
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280 | (5) |
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17 Of Marriages among the Tibetans |
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285 | (5) |
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18 Tibetan Customs concerning the Dead |
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290 | (7) |
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Book III Of the False Sect of the Unique Religion Observed in Tibet |
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1 Of the Grand Lama, Chief of This Religion |
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297 | (4) |
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2 Persuasive Reasons Why the Above-Mentioned Creation of a New Grand Lama Is the Direct Work of the Devil |
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301 | (10) |
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3 Reply to the Arguments of Those who Judge the Above-Mentioned Deception to Be the Artifice of Men and Not of the Devil |
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311 | (7) |
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4 In Which Are Continued the Notices of the Grand Lama and the Lesser Lamas of Tibet |
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318 | (6) |
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5 Of the Men and Women Religious of Tibet: Their Convents, Dress, Organization, and Customs |
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324 | (10) |
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6 Of the Different Kinds of Religious in Tibet |
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334 | (7) |
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7 In Which We Commence to Treat the Errors and the Religion of the Tibetans, Beginning with an Explanation of the System of Metempsychosis or Pythagorean Transmigration, according to the Assertions and Beliefs of the Same |
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341 | (8) |
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8 Opinions of the Tibetans concerning Animals and Certain Living Beings Called Yidak by Them, and What They Believe and Assert concerning Hell |
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349 | (7) |
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9 In Which Are Continued the Notices of Other Things That the Tibetans Assert and Believe concerning the Explanation of Their System of Metempsychosis |
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356 | (8) |
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10 Exposition and Explanation of Another Enormous and Fundamental Error of the Sect of the Tibetans, Which Consists in Denying Any Uncaused Being in Itself and Any Primary Cause of All Things |
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364 | (10) |
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11 Whether the Tibetans, in Denying the Existence of the True God, Accept Some Imaginary Deity or Are Absolutely without Any Knowledge of God |
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374 | (4) |
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12 Of the Three Classes of Objects of Worship and Prayer Admitted by the Tibetans; Their Nature Is Explained, and It Is Shown That They Do Not Recognize Any Divinity in Them |
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378 | (8) |
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13 Of What the Religion of the Tibetans Contains regarding Morality: Virtue, Vice, and the Regulation of Conduct |
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386 | (6) |
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14 Of the Tibetans' Lawgiver and of Some Fables They Relate of Him |
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392 | (6) |
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15 Of the Two Other Principal Idols of the Tibetans, One Called Chenresik and the Other Urgyen |
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398 | (8) |
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16 Of Some Other Fables concerning the Above-Mentioned Urgyen That the Tibetans Believe and Disseminate |
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406 | (7) |
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17 Tibet in Antiquity Was without a Law; King Trisong Detsen Sought a Religion; To That End He Sent Ambassadors to Several Countries and Select Young Men to Hindustan |
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413 | (5) |
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18 By Whom the False Religious Was Introduced to Tibet; The First Temple Built in That Kingdom, Books Translated into That Language, Convents of Religious Established There, and Other Efforts Taken There to Spread Its Errors |
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418 | (10) |
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19 On Some Other Lesser Objects of Veneration Worshiped by the Tibetans |
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428 | (7) |
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20 Of Some Places Held in Reverence by the Tibetans and of Their Observances toward Them; Of Their Rosary and Fasts |
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435 | (6) |
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21 An Answer to Some Doubts and Queries That Might Arise concerning Matters Previously Treated |
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441 | (7) |
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22 Of Some Relations and Authors Who Have Treated Tibet and an Assessment of Them |
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448 | (11) |
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Book IV Departure from the Mission to the Kingdoms of Tibet; Passing on to Other Missions and Return to Europe |
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1 Departure from Lhasa; Stay in Kuti, Departure from the Final Border of Tibet, and Arrival in the Kingdom of Nepal |
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459 | (4) |
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2 Some Notices of the Kingdom of Nepal |
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463 | (6) |
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3 Journey from Nepal to the Ganges and on to the City of Patna |
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469 | (6) |
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4 Some Notices of the City of Patna |
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475 | (6) |
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5 Departure from Patna and Journey to the City of Agra; Account of the Cities of Benares and Allahabad, and of the River Ganges; Stay in Agra |
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481 | (5) |
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6 Mission Made in Delhi, Capital of Mogul |
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486 | (9) |
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7 In Which Are Explained the Causes of the Strife That Arose in Mogul between the Emperor and His Vizier Nizam-ul-Mulk |
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495 | (6) |
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8 In Which Is Continued the Strife in Mogul between the Emperor and the Nobles of His Court |
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501 | (7) |
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9 Departure from Delhi; Return to Patna; Journey to Bengal; Voyage to Pondicherry |
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508 | (5) |
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10 Notices of the City of Pondicherry; Journey to the Mission of Karnataka |
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513 | (4) |
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11 Notices of the Mission So Fruitfully Pursued by the Society of Jesus in the Kingdom of Karnataka |
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517 | (7) |
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12 Departure from the Karnatic Mission; Notices of the City of Mylapore and of the Recollections Preserved There of St. Thomas the Apostle; Account of the City of Madras |
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524 | (15) |
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13 Departure from India; Voyage to Europe; Grave Illness at Sea; Grace Received through the Intercession of the Venerable Fr. Joao de Brito |
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14 Continuation of the Voyage Past the Cape of Good Hope; The Islands of St. Helena and Ascension; Crossing the Line and Arrival at the Island of Martinique in America; Arrival at Port-Louis |
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539 | (6) |
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15 Journey from Port-Louis to Paris and from Paris to Marseilles |
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545 | (4) |
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16 Voyage from Marseilles to Genoa; Journey through Tuscany and Arrival at Rome |
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549 | (6) |
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17 The Opinion of the Author on the Learning Required by Missionaries to the Indies; and Firstly, How Great It Ought to Be |
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555 | (7) |
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18 What Learning, and of What Particular Kind That Learning Ought to Be That Is Indispensably Required in the Missionaries Assigned to the Conversion of the Infidels in the Indies |
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562 | (6) |
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19 In What Manner the Necessary Learning Treated Above May Be Fostered in the Missionaries Assigned to the Indies |
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568 | (7) |
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20 In Which Is Shown the Grave Obligation Indispensably Incumbent upon Every Christian to Aid and Promote the Missions among the Infidels; and in What Manner Each Person, Regardless of His Station in Life, Can Fulfill That Obligation |
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A Introduction to the Letter-Relation in Manuscript F |
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607 | (2) |
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Chapter 1 of B1 Book I and the "To the Reader" Preface of B2 |
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609 | (2) |
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C Manoel Freyre's Report on the Tibets and Their Routes |
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611 | (14) |
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D The Decree of the Propaganda Fide and Tamburini's Letter |
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625 | (2) |
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E Desideri Discusses His Appeal of the Propaganda's Decree |
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627 | (3) |
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F The Meeting of Urgyen and Trisong Detsen |
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630 | (2) |
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632 | (3) |
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H Desideri's Tibet Missionary Manual |
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635 | (8) |
| Table of Tibetan Transliteration |
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643 | (10) |
| Notes |
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653 | (108) |
| Bibliography |
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761 | (12) |
| Index |
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773 | (24) |
| About the Translator and Editor |
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Lisainfo e-raamatute kohta