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REGRA da Cavalaria e Ordem Militar de S. Bento de Avis. Lisboa: Jorge Roiiz, 1631.

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REGRA da Cavalaria e Ordem Militar de S. Bento de Avis. Lisboa: Jorge Roiiz, 1631.

6.º; ¶8, A-Z, Aa-Gg6, Hh8, A-D6, E4; portada, [8], 187, [1], 26, [2] ff.; 260 mm.  

The work is composed of: Preliminary folios – cover, Licenses, Prologue, Bull of Pope Leo X granted the Orders of Santiago and San Bento de Aviz, Index of Titles, Chapters, Definitions and Regulations of this Rule; after the text Index of Things Contained in this Rule, which occupies folios 154 to 187, followed by the Rule of the Glorious Patriarch San Bento, with its own frontispiece.

The Rule of the Chivalry and Military Order of St. Benedict of Avis , printed in Lisbon by Jorge Roiz in 1631, is a rare work of great historical value and its only edition. The book addresses the rules and discipline of the Order founded in the 12th century, which played a fundamental role in the defense of Portuguese territory and in the Christian Reconquista, offering a detailed overview of the religious and military obligations of the Order and reflects its importance in the military and monastic context of Portugal.

Rare.

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