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CHAGAS (Frei Diogo das). ESPELHO Cristalino em Jardim de Várias Flores. Braga. 1989. - CHAGAS (Frei Diogo das) ESPELHO Cristalino em Jardim de Várias Flores . Direção e Prefácio de Artur Teodoro de Matos; Colaboração de Avelino de Freitas de Meneses, Vítor Luís Gaspar Rodrigues. Braga: Secretaria Regional da Educação e Cultura e Universidade dos Açores, 1989. LXVIII, 734 pp.; 255 mm. First complete edition. The manuscript of *Espelho Cristalino em Jardim de Várias Flores* (Crystal Mirror in a Garden of Various Flowers) , written between 1646 and 1654 by Fr. Diogo das Chagas (c. 1584-1661), a Franciscan native to the Azores, constitutes one of the fundamental sources of Azorean historiography of the 17th century. Preserved in the Public Library and Archive of Ponta Delgada, the text was partially made known in the 19th century through excerpts published in the *Archivo dos Açores* by Ernesto do Canto, but never edited in its entirety. This edition – the first complete edition of the work – was prepared under the direction and with a preface by Artur Teodoro de Matos, with the collaboration of Avelino de Freitas de Meneses and Vítor Luís Gaspar Rodrigues. The work includes a reflection on the origins of the world and the kingdom of Portugal, developing into a description of the Azorean islands with a clear influence from Gaspar Frutuoso, while updating demographic and religious data. [Estimated/Valued/Enjoyed/etc.] ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate