Miscellany of religious texts, probably by a Augustinian nun [manuscript], ca. mid-1600s.
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Miscellany of religious texts, probably by a Augustinian nun [manuscript], ca. mid-1600s.
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Around 250 pages
Summary
Includes a treatise entitled "Poyntes taken out of the habitte" on the symbolism of the nun's habit, papal decrees such as "Indulgences granted by... Pope Gregory the 15th" at the beatification of Ignatius and other saints in 1622, spiritual meditations (e.g. "Remedyes against the disquiet & anxiety which exteriour imployments cause in a soule affected to recollection & prayer") and advice on the following of monastic rules, carefully written in a single attractive italic hand with clubbed descenders, ruled in pencil, 8vo (160 x 110mm.), probably mid-seventeenth century, contemporary vellum boards with yapp edges and ties.
From dealer's description: The personal spiritual miscellany of a seventeenth century nun. The treatise on the habit that opens this miscellany makes it clear that the compiler was female, and several other of the texts in the volume also use the feminine pronoun. The final tract, "How we are to practis our holy rule according to perfection", includes several specific references to St Augustine as the founder of the order. Given that this manuscript was acquired by Thomas Phillipps in Brussels, it probably originated in the Low Countries, where Augustinian communities included the English Augustinian Convent in Bruges.
From dealer's description: The personal spiritual miscellany of a seventeenth century nun. The treatise on the habit that opens this miscellany makes it clear that the compiler was female, and several other of the texts in the volume also use the feminine pronoun. The final tract, "How we are to practis our holy rule according to perfection", includes several specific references to St Augustine as the founder of the order. Given that this manuscript was acquired by Thomas Phillipps in Brussels, it probably originated in the Low Countries, where Augustinian communities included the English Augustinian Convent in Bruges.
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Provenance
Phillipps MS 4019; acquired by William O'Brien 1899.
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Manuscripts (documents)
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Item Details
Call number
V.a.679
Folger accession
270026