Achegas ao estudo da influência da Arbor Vitae e da Apocalypsis Nova no século XVI em Portugal

Resumo

The Arbor  Vitae Crucifixae by Ubertino da Casale has played an important role in Portuguese  spirituality, both among the   Franciscans and through its influence on different works concerning  the contemplation of the Passion  of Christ. The first general Franciscan chronicle,  Cronica  da Ordem dos Frades Menores (1557-1562)  by the Franciscan Marcos de Lisboa  - especially  in its prologue -, retrieves, .summarizing and adaptating, sometimes in  a literal  way, many  pages from the Book  V. Ubertino's work, as we try to show  through the comparison  of some texts. On the other hand, beyond the debt of other authors towards the Arbor  as a source of the contemplation of the Passion of Christ in the 16th and 17th centuries, the work may contribute to a better understanding of some aspects of the De Aetatibus Mundi by the Portuguese  painter Francisco de Olanda. The Apocalypsis  Nova is believed to have been written by the Portuguese Amadeu da Silva. There is evidence of its influence during the second half of the 16th  century in Portugal. It also seems   to have determined the diffusion of some prophecies about Papa Angelicus and the  final defeat of the Turkish, namely the Desengano de Perdidos (1573) by Gaspar deLeão, first archbishop of Goa.