| Notas gerais | «The embassy despatched by king Manuel I in the 1515 to the Ethiopian Ruler whom the Portuguese identified at that time with the legendary Prester John was an important event in contemporary eyes, and was accompanied by a diplomatic gift of considerable mangificence (...). Among the many items of which the gift was composed, there was a large consignment of books, a fact of some significance for the history of the diffusion of portuguese culture overseas (...)». Separata de "Stvdia", revista semestral, n.º 37 (dezembro de 1973). |