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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.
PS 3114 .V43 Z5
A memoir of Fanny J. Crosby's life and history of her songs and hymns.
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.
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…
Palmer Letter
Letter from Phoebe Palmer to Reverend Elias Bowen describing a dream in which she fought with an enormous lion that questioned her faith. She discusses criticism from Reverend Hiram Mattison and how her God-given strength will allow her to sustain…
Kingsford Letter
Letter from Florence Kingsford to Charles H. St John Hornby accepting the offer of illustrating the copies of Song of Songs.
Keller Leete Letter
Letter from Helen Keller to Frederick Deland Leete asking for aid for the Helen Keller Committee on the Deaf-Blind of America.
Keller Hughes Letter
Letter from Helen Keller to Reverend Hughes asking for aid in supporting Spanish refugees from fascism.
HV1624.K4 A15 1905x
Keller's most popular and enduring book was The Story of My Life, edited by John Albert Macy (Anne Sullivan's husband). The first two sentences exemplify the sensitivity and beauty of Keller's writing: "It is with a kind of fear that I begin to write…
COR E22s 1875
Mary Baker Eddy founded the Church of Christ, Scientist, a religious movement based on faith in spiritual healing and the rejection of traditional medical treatments. She formulated the tenets of Christian Science, which she published in her most…
COR E22c 1893
This illustrated Christmas keepsake was published by Mary Baker Eddy in 1893, with lithographs by J. F. Gilman after designs by the author.
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…
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…
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…
BRB1291
A collection of poetry by Fanny Crosby, many of which became hymns. Many of these are still sung today.
BRB1254
This edition of the Canon of the Mass for the use of bishops includes fourteen plates by Suor Isabella Piccini.
BRB1137
In the exhibited 1688 biography of the Blessed Zita of Lucca, who in 1696 would be canonized as a saint, the artist signed the frontispiece engraving (in translation) "Sister Isabella Piccini, Franciscan nun of Santa Croce in Venice, engraved this."
BRB1103
Second volume of published works by Sor Juana including the Primero Sueño, or "First Dream."
BRB1033
Te Deum laudamus, published by Emily Faithfull with twenty-one chromolithographic plates designed by Esther Faithfull Fleet, catered to the Victorian taste for beautifully decorated books. Each plate in this devotional book features one verse of the…
BRB0893
This brief devotional text in Spanish, intended to focus meditation on the sufferings of Christ and the sorrows of the Virgin Mary, was approved by Mexico City's Franciscan Order for publication at the Hogal press. Although the text had appeared in…
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."
BRB0456
Although Yolande Bonhomme soon began to sign her editions with her own name, she continued to utilize her husband's trademark. The final page of this French devotional volume features the large metalcut that Thielmann Kerver had used to identify his…
BRB0350
This history of La Enseñanza, which includes a biography of the founder and first prioress, Sor (Sister) María Ignacia, was written by its nuns forty years after the convent's foundation.
BRB0114
One of 25 pamphlets bound together in this Sammelband. This letter was written by the first published female Protestant author in protest of the arrest of a Lutheran student at the University of Ingolstadt.
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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