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Woodcut device of Alexander Weissenhorn (I) of Augsburg; Ownership inscription of the Discalced Carmelites of Augsburg

Woodcut device of Alexander Weissenhorn (I) of Augsburg.

 

Inscription:

Conuentus Augustani Carmelitarum Discalceatorum

 

[Ownership inscription of the Discalced Carmelites of Augsburg. Their house was known as Kloster der unbeschuhten Karmeliten Allerheiligstes Sakrament (per CERL) or Karmelitenkloster zum Allerheiligsten Sakrament (per the Klöster in Bayern website). founded 1637 After a rocky start for the Discalced Carmelites at Kloster St. Joseph in 1630 (it was burned by Swedish troops two years later), Kloster zum Allerheiligsten Sakrament was founded in 1637 and secularized in 1802.]

 

 

Penn Libraries call number: GC5 Ec510 542a

 

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