[MANUSCRIT] [Congrégation de Notre Dame de Rheims]
[MANUSCRIT] [Congrégation de Notre Dame de Rheims].
Recueil de prières.
Rheims, s.n., [v. 1700].
8vo (170x110 mm), 15-(10)-608 pages. binding : Contemporary full sheep, gilt spine in six compartments. Head cap worn. First booklet almost unbound.
Manuscript from the beginning of the 18th century emanating from the Congrégation de Notre Dame de Rheims, a convent founded in 1638 by the order of the "Chanoinesses of Saint-Augustin of the Congrégation Notre-Dame" This manuscript written in a perfectly legible handwriting but sometimes random spelling, brings together different prayers and meditations on death, birth, baptism, entry into religion, the anniversary of the taking of the veil... There are also some extracts from the Rule of this order as well as Sentences from St Augustine. Rare testimony to the spiritual life of this discreet monastic order.