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Historica Notitia Della Miracolosa Imagine Della Madonna Santissima Della Consolata: Venerata Nella Chiesa Di S. Andrea De'mm. Rr. Monaci Di S. Bernardo Dell'ordine Cisterciense Di Torino, D. Domenico Arcourt

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220 pages; frontispiece engraving of Our Lady of Consolation icon in Turin

Clugnet Collection.

“[D]ata in luce dal molto reuerendo padre D. Domenico Arcourt, priore de'sudetti monaci, e consultore del Sant'Ufficio; consecrata alle glorie dell'istessa regina consolatrice, sotto li fortunati auspicj dell'altezza serenissima di Vittorio Amedeo Filippo Giuseppe, prencipe di Piemonte”—from title page.

The ancient icon of Our Lady of Consolation at the Santuario della Consolata in Turin, believed to be miraculous, has been drawing pilgrims for centuries. It was placed in a chapel in the fifth-century Chiesa di Sant’Andrea, becoming an important shrine of Marian devotion. In the tenth …

Vita Seraphicae Virginis S. Mariae Magdalenae De Pazzis, Florentinae Ordinis B.V. Mariae De Monte Carmelo Regularis Observantiae Iconibus Expressa., Abraham Van Diepenbeek

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This folio contains a series of engravings created to celebrate the life and miracles of a Florentine Carmelite nun, Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, on the occasion of her canonization in 1669. Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi was canonized on April 28, 1669, and was one of only five women canonized in the 17th century performed in Saint Peter’s Basilica.

Suite of 49 numbered engravings and a title page made after drawings by van Diepenbeeck and engraved by Frederik Bouttats Jr., Gaspard Bouttats, Martin Bouché, Davit Clouwet, Pieter van Lisebetten and Adriaen Lommelin.

The Virtual Carmelite Museum (https://carmelites.info/museum/) has provided …

Leaf From A 1663 Eliot Indian Bible: Jeremiah Xl, Xlii-Xliii

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This is the first Bible printed in what is now the United States and is in a Native American language. John Eliot, a Cambridge scholar, Christian missionary, translator and linguist, learned the Wôpanâak dialect of the tribes of colonial New England with the assistance of several native speakers. His New Testament translation was printed in 1661. Two years later, he completed the Old Testament in Wôpanâak. His translations documented a language that didn’t exist in written form before his translation.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Completorium Romanum, Primus Et Secundus Chorus: Alma Redemptoris, Ave Regina Coelorum, Giovanni Asola

Marian Sheet Music

Compline, or night prayers of the Divine Office, with two additional in honor of Mary, "Alma Redemptoris" and "Ave Regina Cœlorum." This piece is the tenor part of a work composed for three voice parts.

Heures A L'Usage De Rouen, Catholic Church

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112 leaves. 19 woodcut and metal-cut full-page illustrations; borders illustrating religious and secular subjects with captions in French. Initials and line endings in gold on red or blue background.

Antoine Vérard, publisher; Chambolle-Duru, binder.

The letters Ro at the bottom of pages in some sections denotes the Use of Rouen, a variation specific to that region.

See Hilary Maddocks, “A book of hours by Anthoine Vérard in the University of Melbourne Library,” University of Melbourne Collections 16 (June 2015):15-24 about a similar copy in the University of Melbourne Library, providing background on the publisher, artists, and book trade in early …