An abridgement of the life of St. Anne of Jesus, schooler and companion of St. Teresia of Jesus, of the holy order of our Lady of mount Carmel, [1693].

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Description

Title
An abridgement of the life of St. Anne of Jesus, schooler and companion of St. Teresia of Jesus, of the holy order of our Lady of mount Carmel, [1693].
Abstract

Manuscript on paper, in a single cursive hand, of an English version of Manrique's biography of Sister Ana de Jesus, a companion of St. Teresa of Avila who also founded Carmelite convents in France and the Spanish Netherlands

Text includes two poems, identified by the translator as additions to the text: "With this our saint let us to Bethlem goe,/The stable and the manger let us find" (p. 65) and "Thomas a Kempis in thy sacred booke/To find out Jesus Christ the faithfull looke." (p. 67).

Approbation of the Bishop of Anvers appears in French preceding the text

Description
Done out of French.
Inscription on front pastedown: "Henry Bedingfeld."
Inscription on title page: " libris Thomae Marwood."
Inscription on title page: "The venerable Anne of Jesus was Canoniz'd by Paule ye fifth Pont: Max:."
Postscript inscription dated: "February the 14th, 1692/3."
Bookplate (front pastedown): Sir Henry Paston-Bedingfeld, Bt.
Bookplate (back pastedown): Bryan Hall.
Binding: full red morocco, possibly nineteenth-century.
Provenance
For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator.
Extent
1 v.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Osborn b400

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Biography
Resource Type
unspecified
Subject (Geographic)
England.
Spain
Subject (Name)
Ana de Jesús, 1545-1621.
Manrique, Angel, ca. 1577-1649.
Teresa, of Avila, Saint, 1515-1582.
Discalced Carmelite Nuns.
Discalced Carmelite Nuns
Subject (Topic)
Catholics
Christian saints
Counter-Reformation
Devotional literature, English
English poetry
Mysticism
Catholic Church
Women
Religious life
Subjects
Ana de Jesús, 1545-1621
Manrique, Angel, ca. 1577-1649
Teresa, of Avila, Saint, 1515-1582
Discalced Carmelite Nuns
Discalced Carmelite Nuns > Biography
Catholics > England
Christian saints > Spain > Biography
Counter-Reformation
Devotional literature, English
English poetry > 17th century
Mysticism > Catholic Church
Women > Religious life
Bedingfeld family > Ownership
Marwood, Thomas > Ownership

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Citation
An Abridgement of the Life of St. Anne of Jesus. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Identifiers

Catalog Record
7040458
Object ID (OID)
2033647

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