17th-c. Greek Confession Manuals (Prints in Venice/Rome)

[Di Pietrantonio Stefano]

Dear colleagues,

I am investigating a group of seventeenth-century Greek printed confession handbooks, mostly produced in Venice and Rome:

Νικηφόρος Πασχαλεύς († ca. 1628)

• Ἐγχειρίδιον μεθοδικόν περὶ τοῦ μυστηρίου τῆς μετανοίας καὶ ἐξομολογήσεως – Venice, A. Pinelli, 1622; Venice, N. Glykys, 1673 (2nd ed.)

Νεόφυτος Ροδινός (1576/77–1659)

• Πανοπλία πνευματική […] – Rome, B. Zannetti, 1630
• Σύνοψις τῶν θείων καὶ ἱερῶν τῆς Ἐκκλησίας μυστηρίων […] – Rome, 1628; 1633  (2nd ed.)
• Περὶ ἐξομολογήσεως – Rome, 1630; 1671  (2nd ed.)

Μεθόδιος Ἀνθρακίτης (ca. 1660–1748)

• Θεωρίαι χριστιανικαὶ καὶ ψυχωφελεῖς νουθεσίαι […] – Venice, 1699
• Ἐπίσκεψις πνευματικοῦ πρὸς ἀσθενῆ […] – Venice, 1707
• Βοσκὸς λογικῶν προβάτων […] – Venice, 1708

I have already consulted the 1671 Roman edition of Rodinos’ Περὶ ἐξομολογήσεως at Princeton.

If any of you are aware of:

• digitized copies (especially of the Venetian editions),

• holdings in North American or European collections not easily traceable via WorldCat/Anemi/HathiTrust,

• or bibliographical studies specifically addressing the print history of these manuals,

I would be most grateful for any guidance.

With many thanks in advance,

Stefano Di Pietrantonio

Dr Stefano Di Pietrantonio (he/him)

Mary Seeger O'Boyle Postdoctoral Fellow

Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies

Princeton University

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