Provenance: Provenance: From the collection of the eminent scholar Don Epifanio de los Santos, who had been tasked to gather documentation that would tell the true story of the Katipunan and the events of the Philippine Revolution

Literature: Literature: Cristobal, Adrian. The Tragedy of the Revolution. Studio 5 Publishing Inc., Makati City. 1997. p. 55. Full color photograph. Richardson, Jim. The Light of Liberty: Documents and Studies on the Katipunan, 1892–1897. Ateneo de Manila University Press, Quezon City. 2013. pp. 85–87. Similar oath document transcribed, decrypted, and translated.

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The document is headlined with “KKK g vgz Z g B” (deciphered as “KKK ng mga A ng B”) and handwritten on parchment paper. On the reverse, it is described as an “Acta de Juramento” or “Oath Certificate”—a “historic document” by Jose Turiano Santiago, secretary of the Katipunan Supreme Council prior to Emilio Jacinto; this portion is dated October 3, 1908, and addressed to Don Epifanio de los Santos, using his title Provincial Fiscal of Bulacan. Jose Turiano Santiago as KKK secretary would be familiar with Bonifacio’s writing as well as those of the other KKK high command.