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CONSTITUIÇÕES do Arcebispado de Lisboa. Lisboa. 1588. - CONSTITUIÇÕES do Arcebispado de Lisboa . Assi as antigas como as extravagantes primeyras & segundas. Agora novamente impressas por mandado do Ilustrissimo & Reverendissimo Senhor dõ Miguel de Castro Arcebispo de Lisboa. Lisboa: Belchior Rodrigues, 1588. 90, [8], 10, [4], 26 ff.; 255 mm. This extremely rare work, one of only three printed by Belchior Rodrigues, was commissioned by D. Miguel de Castro (1536-1625), the fifth Archbishop of Lisbon. It brings together in a single volume the ancient constitutions of the archbishopric, drawn up at the synod of 1536, and the first and second extraordinary constitutions. The 1537 edition, printed by Germão Galharde, contained only the ancient constitutions; fifty years later, under the reformist impulse of the Council of Trent, D. Miguel de Castro ordered this new printing which combined them with the extraordinary texts, giving the Lisbon diocesan legislative body the most complete form published up to that time. Furthermore, the 1588 edition was the first known work to be printed by Belchior Rodrigues, a typographer who would become one of the most important figures in Portuguese typography during the Philippine period. The title pages of the three parts display coats of arms: that of the Castros, corresponding to Archbishop D. Miguel, and that of Cardinal-King D. Henrique, on the extravagant pages. The volume is illustrated with woodcut initials. Synodal constitutions were the fundamental normative instrument of diocesan ecclesiastical life, regulating the administration of the sacraments, the discipline of the clergy, parish life, ecclesiastical justice, and the obligations of the faithful. The Lisbon constitutions of 1588 remained in force for decades, being adopted as a reference for the suffragan territories of the diocese, including the Bishopric of Bahia, until the approval of their own constitutions in 1707. The next edition for the diocese only appeared in 1656, under Bishop Rodrigo da Cunha. Important and sought after. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate ¶ Inocêncio, v2, p. 104; D. Manuel, 196; Anselmo 997; Iberian Books 5706-5707