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Southern Tibet : vol.3 |
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CHAPTER III.
BELIGATTI.
To give the history of the Capuchin Mission in Tibet does not belong to the
object of this work.¹ We have only to analyze, to the best of our power, the
geography as found in the different reports. As a good many missionaries visited
Lhasa, there ought to exist a real literature on Tibet, but in reality the reports are
few and meagre. The most important is GEORGI's Alphabetum Tibetanum, which
was compiled chiefly on material furnished by della Penna and Beligatti. There can
be no doubt that hitherto unknown manuscripts may be buried somewhere in Italian
archives, and will have to be discovered in the future.
In the present chapter I will insert a short extract from the important
narration of Beligatti's journey in company with della Penna, which was found in
Biblioteca Communale Mozzi-Borgetti di Macerata and has the following title:²
Giornale di Fra Cassiano da Macerata nella Marca di Ancona Missionario
apostolico Cappucino nel Tibet, e Regni adiacenti dalla sua partenza da Mace-
rata seguita gli 17 Agosto 1738 sino al suo ritorno nel 1756 diviso in due libri.
Libro primo.³
This first volume is a manuscript of 203 pages in octavo with illustrations and
a map of Nepal, including the three cities of Katmandu, Batgao and Patan. It is
a pity that the Relazione has been published without map and illustrations. The
volume deals with the journey of the author and his company to Lhasa, and also
with the customs and habits of the inhabitants and some religious festivals. The
second volume is lost. It probably contained a general description of the country
and its inhabitants and of the persecutions through which the missionaries were forced
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