Spirituall lessons for a Religious person by consideration of ye conditions of wedlocke.
Anonymous English manuscript for personal devotion, with guidance for a young woman entering her novitiate, likely written on the Continent for a recusant Englishwoman entering one of the many English convents in the Spanish Netherlands (corresponding more or less to modern Belgium). The first part...
| Format: | Manuscript |
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | Anonymous English manuscript for personal devotion, with guidance for a young woman entering her novitiate, likely written on the Continent for a recusant Englishwoman entering one of the many English convents in the Spanish Netherlands (corresponding more or less to modern Belgium). The first part compares the married state to consecrated religious life; the second part gives instructions for the first three years of a woman's novitiate. The third and longest part defines and explains the virtues, including a discussion on virginity. |
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| Item Description: | Written in a clear secretary hand on paper with an unidentified watermark. |
| Physical Description: | 74 unnumbered leaves ; 16 cm |