Diffinįcoens, & estatutos dos cavalleyros, e freyeres
By: da Ordem de Nosso Senhor Jesu Christo, com a historia da origem, & principio della, offerecidos ao muyto alto, e podoroso Rey D. Joaõ [sic] V. nosso senhor
Publisher: Na Officina de Pascoal da Sylva, impressor de Sua Magestade
Published: 1717
Place of publication: Lisboa Occidental
Language: por
Number of pages: 180
Subjects: Order of Christ
Other titles: Diffinįcõens, e estatutos dos cavalleiros, e freyeres.
Notes: Dedication is signed on p. [4], 1st count: Fr. Fernando de Moraes D. Prior Geral.

The Order of Christ, or the Portuguese Ordem de Christo, was founded in 1319 as a successor to the Templars who were disbanded in 1311. The Order was responsible for funding many of the voyages of Portuguese expansion. The work includes several texts of Papal Bulls, information on the founding of the Order, its vestments, and activities. There are references to Brazil and Cape Verde on p. 36, 43, 73, and 122.

Signatures: pi² (pi1 verso blank) a-d⁶ A-P⁶

Includes index.

Title page printed in red and black; woodcut head and tail pieces; initials.

Plates, bound between p. [4] and [5], 1st count, are insignias, printed in red, and have captions: Para capa dos noviços, para a roupeta dos noviços, para a capa dos professos, and para a roupeta dos professos.

Silva, I.F. da. Dicc. biblio. portuguez, II:132.

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary full limp vellum.

John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the St. Mariana Fund.