Jesuit Novilatine literature in XVIIth's century Coimbra connected with ecclesiastic events

Abstract

This article provides the transcription and translation of Latin literary compositions, written by the professors of humanities courses of the Colégio dos Jesuítas de Coimbra, to honor the visit made by the newly installed Bishop of Coimbra, D. Afonso Furtado de Mendoça, in November 1616. In the introduction and notes, it sought to contextualize and value a sample of portuguese novilatine literature, among the many that remain to be explored and still persist handwritten in several and precious codices, such as the case of BGUC 994, from which the texts that are recovered were extracted.