Compendium Doctrinae Christianae (Sloane 2746)

Bibliographic Data

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Full TitleCompendium Doctrinae Christianae
Year1628
End Year (multi-year Work)1713
Translator(s)/ Commentators(s)Heurnius, Justus
Masson, Philippe
Book TypeManuscript
Language(s)Latin
Chinese TextCharacters and transliteration
Place Of PreparationBatavia
Physical Description

The manuscript consists of 213 folia, with an additional 16 folia appended by Philippe Masson. It is bound together with Heurnius' Sino-Dutch dictionary. The foliation employs two distinct numbering systems: one follows the traditional Chinese order, while the second is a continuous Western-style pagination that includes the dictionary.  In addition to the content found in the Oxford Bodleian copy, this London manuscript also presents a transcription in Chinese characters of Malay translations of the Lord's Prayer and the Creed.

Summary

This manuscript is a copy of Justus Heurnius’ Compendium Doctrinae Christianae. The original document exclusively featured Heurnius’ Chinese transcription, which included the Analects up to section 4.15. The volume was subsequently acquired by Philippe Masson at the beginning of eighteenth century. Masson expanded the work by adding his own character-by-character Latin translation and romanisation of the Analects, though both additions remain incomplete.

RelatedCompendium Doctrinae Christianae (Marsh 456)

Sources

Classical Source(s)Analects (论语)
Intermediate Source(s)Compendium Doctrinae Christianae (Marsh 456)

Copies

LocationBritish Library
Sloane 2746

Bibliography

Secondary Sources

V. Bottanelli, A.  Giazzon, 'Chinese and the Enlightenment’s Linguistic Studies: Philippe Masson, Justus Heurnius, and the Hebrew Origin of Chinese', in Enlightened by China, Representations and myths in 18th century Europe, M. Catto ed., Roma: Viella, 2025, pp. 101-116

J. J. L. Duyvendak, “Early Chinese Studies in Holland”, T’oung Pao, 32/5 (1936), pp. 293-344.

K. Kuiper, ‘The earliest monument of Dutch sinological studies. Justus Heurnius’s manuscript Dutch-Chinese dictionary and Chinese-Latin Compendium Doctrinae Christianae (Batavia 1628)’, in Quaerendo, 35 (2005), p. 95-186.

Confutii Doctrinae Morales

TitleConfutii Doctrinae Morales
Start Page217
End Page256
Volume Or ManuscriptSloane 2746
Translation Of >Analects (论语)