Illuminated formula of profession of a Cistercian nun at a convent in Seville, recording her vows of stability, conversion of morals, and obedience, dated 29 January 1776. The illumination, in the upper half of the large parchment leaf, shows the sister in her white habit, with the Virgin and Child above her, Saint Benedict (in a black habit) and Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (in a white habit) on either side of her, and ten other male and female saints arranged around them. The words of the vows, the witnesses, and the place and date are recorded in 13 lines of humanistic script with red square capitals, with the first line, Ego Soror Maria Josepha de St. Benito, in gold square capitals on red ground. The letters a and m are written in a different ink above approximately ten words scattered through the text. Three signatures, too faded to be read, are at the bottom and are probably of the witnesses, identified in the text as Josephus Maestre, Joannes Josephus Salcedo (visitor for a canonical visitation), and Getrude Maria de Castilla (abbess). The painting has minor cracks and the text is abraded.
Language:
Latin
Provenance:
Sold by Inkqnabula (Ebay), 2020.
Relation:
The Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366271; The Henry Charles Lea Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366238
Manuscripts, Spanish -- 18th century; Manuscripts, European
Physical Description:
1 item (1 leaf) : parchment; 610 x 420 mm.
Geographic Subject:
Seville (Spain) -- Church history -- 18th century -- Sources
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Notes:
In Latin.; Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Henry Charles Lea Fund.; Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Oversize 49
Collection:
Henry Charles Lea Fund; Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund
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