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Prothro B-212
The Missal contains all of the prayers, hymns, and biblical passages read by the priest during the celebration of the Latin Mass throughout the year. There is musical notation in black ink on red four-line staves and illumination throughout. The…
BRB0616
A Lutheran liturgical book printed by Katharina Gerlach which contains two titles (in translation): "Christian Admonition, to Worship every Sunday before the Sermon and Communion" and "Collects, and Hymns for Baptisms and Weddings."
Willard Letter
A letter from Frances E. Willard to an anonymous recipient thanking them for a monetary gift and suggested that the recipient should visit Dr. Kate Bushnell.
10475
The frontispiece on this book created in collaboration with Diana White was "designed by Diana White & engraved on the wood by Esther Pissarro. The double border and initial letters were designed by Lucien Pissarro and engraved by Esther…
BRA0582
Born in West Africa, the author of these poems was brought to America aboard the slave ship Phillis at the age of seven or eight. She was taught the rudiments of English by the Wheatley children and eventually began to compose poetry. This was the…
10296
Classic works by Virgil bound by Katherine Adams, one of the most accomplished English book binders of the early twentieth centuries. She bound this title for Charles H. St. John Hornby, Ashendene Press, and included his coat of arms on the cover.
BRMS 4
In 1496 the Poor Clares at the Convento di Santa Chiara Novella in Florence commissioned the Florentine humanist Ugolino Verino to write this Life of St. Clare in Italian, so that those sisters who lacked Latin education could read of their founder's…
10639-10640
Bound by Sarah Treverbian Prideaux, an independent binder whose style was inspired by Art Nouveau designs. This two volume set of Romanian folk songs features gilt-leather bindings.
BRA2834
United States government publication marking the dedication of a statue of Willard in the nation's Capitol Building in 1905.
00127-00130
Jane Aitkin was the first American woman to print a Bible. This four-volume edition was not the traditional King James Bible, but a new English version translated from the Greek Septuagint by Charles Thomson (1729–1824).
AER4308
A chivalric romance based on Orlando furioso by Ludovico Ariosto (1474–1534). Written by famous poet and writer Laura Terracina.
BRA0104/A
Memoir about Mary Barritt Taft, an outstanding woman evangelist and joined her brother's preaching circuit, Dover, when she was seventeen. This work is bound with ten other Methodist tracts.
BT301
Drawn to radical intellectual circles in Coventry, Marian Evans, known as "George Eliot" became interested in the theological work of professor David Friedrich Strauss, whose book Das Leben Jesu kritisch bearbeitet (Tübingen, 1835-1836). Despite not…
BRA0822
Written by Harriett Beecher Stowe after a vision while taking communion, Uncle Tom's Cabin was an immediate success and was a major step forward for race relations and human rights.
ADJ9921
The publishers of the exhibited compilation of biographies of the women of the Bible took the highly unusual step of advertising Stowe's authorship in prominent gilded lettering on the cover of the book - a common practice today in the marketing of…
05899
History of women's suffrage with an inscription from Susan B. Anthony to the winner of an essay contest.
BRMS 134
Soeur (Sister) Marie Julie de Saint Paul de Thomassin's commonplace book provides an intimate view of an eighteenth-century nun's values, interests, and activities. It includes general rules for monastic living, short histories of various religious…
Prothro B-52
Julia Evelina Smith (1792–1886) published her own translation of the Bible from Greek and Hebrew, making her the first woman to completely translate the Bible.
32715
An account of the trials Julia Smith and her sister, Abby Hadassah Smith endured as a result of refusing to pay taxes in protest to taxation of unenfranchised women. The local authorities controversially seized cows owned by the sisters in reparation…
34322
A detailed account of Amanda Berry Smith's life including being born into slavery, pursuing her education, past marriages, and becoming involved in church life.
BRA0862
French and Latin Book of Hours printed with engraved plates to reproduce the rich ornamentation of illuminated manuscript prayer books. This work was created by Elizabeth Senault, trained as a calligrapher and engraver by her father, Louis Senault.
BRA2125
This volume contains the collected Hebrew, Latin, Greek, and French writings of Anna Maria van Schurman, who is believed to be the first woman enrolled as a student in a European university.
10705
Bound by Constance Karslake, an outstanding member of the Guild of Women-Binders. The binding bears the gold-tooled phrase "Guild of Women-Binders" inside the front cover, was also signed in ink on the front endpaper, "Constance Karslake, binder."
BRA2832
America's first secular cantata. Crosby wrote the libretto to music composed for female voices by George F. Root, an instructor at the New York Institution for the Blind who later attained fame for his Civil War songs. The success from this work…
BRB0078
This commentary on St. Teresa's "seven dwelling places" from The Interior Castle is illustrated with fifteen allegorical engravings. The first of these images portrays St. Teresa and the seven dwelling places: the lowest room is where the sinner…
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