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1. Iconography of fifty hand colored full-figure drawings of male and female members of religious orders in their habits, open

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Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, worn and repaired with spine gilt on all edges., One of fifty hand-colored full-figure drawings of male and female members of religious orders in their habits. Drawings on rectos only. Each image is captioned with the name of the order in a banderole. The drawing shown features “pere Augustine.”, An iconography of the Roman Catholic Church open to ff. 16v - 17r. The codex illustrates “pere Augustin” in traditional garb of his order., French cursive on f. 16v and large capitals on f. 17r., and Based on evidence in the text, the iconography includes a monk from Tongerlo Abby near Antwerp, another from Ansewyck near Mechelen, which suggests Beligium as the place of composition. An earlier owner, Cornelia Alstede of Amsterdam, signed her name and address (in Dutch) on the verso of the front free flyleaf and indexed the whole (in French) on the recto and verso of the first leaf. A later owner identififed a handful of the images in blue ink on the black versos. Purchased by Western Michigan University Special Collections from Bruce McKittrick Rare Books, Inc.
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[1700 TO 1799]
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

2. Iconography of fifty hand colored full-figure drawings of male and female members of religious orders in their habits

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Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, worn and repaired with spine gilt on all edges., Fifty hand-colored full-figure drawings of male and female members of religious orders in their habits. Drawings on rectos only. Each image is captioned with the name of the order in a banderole in French., This iconography of the Roman Catholic Church presents the traditional garbs of eight ecclesiastic posts and thirty-three monastic orders (ten with both female and male members). They include Benedictines, Capuchins, Jesuits, Victorines, and a few distinctly Belgian--a monk from Tongerlo Abby near Antwerp, another from Ansewyck near Mechelen. An earlier owner, Cornelia Alstede of Amsterdam, indexed the whole codex (in French) on the recto and verso of the first leaf. She also composed prayers in Dutch on five of the blank versos, facing the male and female Augustinians, the male and female Carmelites, and a Mallade nun., French cursive on versos and large capitals under each drawing on rectos., and Based on evidence of in text, the iconography includes a monk from Tongerlo Abby near Antwerp, another from Ansewyck near Mechelen, which suggests Beligium as the place of composition. An earlier owner, Cornelia Alstede of Amsterdam, signed her name and address (in Dutch) on the verso of the front free flyleaf and indexed the whole (in French) on the recto and verso of the first leaf. A later owner identififed a handful of the images in blue ink on the black versos. Purchased by Western Michigan University Special Collections from Bruce McKittrick Rare Books, Inc.
Date Created:
[1700 TO 1799]
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries