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COMPROMISSO da Misericordia de Lisboa. Lisboa. 1704. - COMPROMISSO da Misericordia de Lisboa . Lisboa: Na Officina de Miguel Manesacl, 1704. []2, A-E6, G4; [2], 39, [1] ff.; 285 mm. This is an 18th-century edition of the statutes governing the functioning of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia of Lisbon and, by extension, all the Santa Casas of the kingdom and overseas territories. The Compromise of the Misericórdia of Lisbon is the founding document of the Portuguese brotherhoods of mercy: its first draft dates back to 1498, at the initiative of Queen Leonor, widow of King John II, and was approved by King Manuel I. The first printed edition dates from 1516, and allowed the rapid dissemination of the foundational text to the new misericórdias founded throughout the kingdom and the Empire. The text, based on the fourteen Works of Mercy – seven spiritual and seven corporal – regulates the obligations of the members, the administration of assets, the care of the sick and prisoners, the accompaniment of those condemned to death, processions, and funeral rites according to the social status of the deceased. Printed editions of the Compromise are relatively infrequent on the market. Unusual in this 1704 edition. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate