SURREPTITIOUSLY DISPLAYING SAINTS' PORTRAITS
PACIFICUS, Sacerdos.
Two letters signed regarding religious paintings.
[?Hong Kong, 1846.]
Manuscript in Chinese on paper, two leaves (c. 275 x 210 mm) written on rectos only in black ink, signed ‘Sacerdos Pacificus’; one letter endorsed ‘Lettre du P. Pacifique à Mr. Combelle’, the other ‘Le P. Yu de Hong Kong 14 Aout 1846’; small holes caused by corrosive ink of endorsements, creases from folding, else good.
Two interesting letters referring to paintings of St Anthony, St John the Baptist, and Mary, and their display in a chapel so that the congregation might admire them.
The two letters are in the same hand and seem to be drafts of the same request. One is dated 23 June. The identity of ‘Sacerdos Pacificus’ – probably a pseudonym adopted in case of interception – is unclear.
