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Other institutions
On this page are examples of provenance marks for non-Jesuit institutions which owned books now in the Jesuit Antiquarian Book Collection. Some occur regularly, most notably the Canonesses of the Holy Sepulchre at Liege. The Canonesses were founded there in 1642 and had a close relationship with the Jesuit English College in the city. They had similar experiences to the English Academy when escaping the city in 1793, although the Canonesses were more organised about their evacuation than the Jesuits and probably lost fewer books in the process, having ordered many wooden chests for the transportation of their books. Most of the Canonesses books are now in Durham University Special Collections. The Canonesses' website has a gallery showcasing some of their books and the inscriptions.
Inscription for the Canonesses of the Holy Sepulchre, Liège. A/123
The Canonesses of the Holy Sepulchre at Liège fled to England during the French Revolution, bringing many of their books with them. The majority of their collection is now held at Durham, and many there have the same inscription as this one. For more information about the Canonesses collection, see the link below.
The inscription reads: 'Written in the Catalogue of the English Sepulchrines at Liege'. This is a similar formula to the inscription in the next item (A/245) but is written in a different hand, suggesting that there were guidelines for the care of books at the convent, and that at least two different people undertook the work.
Book reference:
Boudon, Henri Marie, Les Saintes voyes de la Croix, où il est traité de plusieurs peines intérieures & extérieures, & des moyens d'en faire un usage Chrestien. Printed in Brussels by Philippe Vleugart. 1673. A/123
The inscription reads: 'Written in the Catalogue of the English Sepulchrines at Liege'. This is a similar formula to the inscription in the next item (A/245) but is written in a different hand, suggesting that there were guidelines for the care of books at the convent, and that at least two different people undertook the work.
Book reference:
Boudon, Henri Marie, Les Saintes voyes de la Croix, où il est traité de plusieurs peines intérieures & extérieures, & des moyens d'en faire un usage Chrestien. Printed in Brussels by Philippe Vleugart. 1673. A/123
Inscription for the Canonesses of the Holy Sepulchre. A/245
The Canonesses of the Holy Sepulchre at Liège fled to England during the French Revolution, bringing many of their books with them. The majority of their collection is now held at Durham, and many there have the same inscription as this one. For more information about the Canonesses collection, see the link below.
The inscription reads: 'Written in the Catalogue of the Religious of the holy Sepulchre at Liege'. Below is the library shelf mark H.9 and the date 1789.
Book reference:
Avila, Teresa of, St, The Flaming Hart or the Life of the Glorious S Teresa, Foundresse of the Reformation, of the Order of the All-Immaculate Virgin-Mother, our B. Lady, of Mount-Carmel. This History of her Life, vvas vvritten by the Saint her selfe, in Spanish; and is nevvly, novv, Translated into English, in the yeare of our Lord God, 1642. Printed at Antwerp by Johannes Meursius. 1642. A/245
The inscription reads: 'Written in the Catalogue of the Religious of the holy Sepulchre at Liege'. Below is the library shelf mark H.9 and the date 1789.
Book reference:
Avila, Teresa of, St, The Flaming Hart or the Life of the Glorious S Teresa, Foundresse of the Reformation, of the Order of the All-Immaculate Virgin-Mother, our B. Lady, of Mount-Carmel. This History of her Life, vvas vvritten by the Saint her selfe, in Spanish; and is nevvly, novv, Translated into English, in the yeare of our Lord God, 1642. Printed at Antwerp by Johannes Meursius. 1642. A/245
Inscription for the Canonesses of the Holy Sepulchre. A/1068
The inscription at the top of the page reads
'written in the catalogue of the english religious of the holy sepulchre Liege'
Below that, in a different hand is 'Dean house 1789'. This is a reference to a residence where the Canonesses stayed for a short time during their first few years in England. They arrived in Gravesend in 1794, were in London in August 1794, moved to Holme Hall, York, then Dean House, Salisbury before finally moving to New Hall in Essex in January 1799, where they stayed until 2006.
Below is a pencil inscription, 'Rare and valuable'.
Book Reference:
Southwell, Robert SJ, An epistle of comfort to the reuerend priests, and to the honourable, worshipfull, & other of the lay sort, restrayned indurance for the Catholike Faith. 1616. A/1068
'written in the catalogue of the english religious of the holy sepulchre Liege'
Below that, in a different hand is 'Dean house 1789'. This is a reference to a residence where the Canonesses stayed for a short time during their first few years in England. They arrived in Gravesend in 1794, were in London in August 1794, moved to Holme Hall, York, then Dean House, Salisbury before finally moving to New Hall in Essex in January 1799, where they stayed until 2006.
Below is a pencil inscription, 'Rare and valuable'.
Book Reference:
Southwell, Robert SJ, An epistle of comfort to the reuerend priests, and to the honourable, worshipfull, & other of the lay sort, restrayned indurance for the Catholike Faith. 1616. A/1068
Inscription for the Canonesses of the Holy Sepulchre. A/941
The inscription reads: 'Written in the Catalogue of the English Sepulchrines at Liege'. For more on the Sepulchrines, click the link below.
Below the inscription for the Canonesses is another inscription in a different hand which reads 'Lent to Joseph Sales', and on the facing pastedown is a pencil inscription in Fr Charles Newdigate SJ's hand, noting that this is Pinelli's Gerson - the original, Italian title of this work is Gersone della perfettione religiosa. For more on Fr Newdigate, see his page accessible from the 'Individuals' page.
Book reference:
Pinelli, Lucas SJ, The mirrour of religious perfection devided into foure bookes. 1618. A/941
Below the inscription for the Canonesses is another inscription in a different hand which reads 'Lent to Joseph Sales', and on the facing pastedown is a pencil inscription in Fr Charles Newdigate SJ's hand, noting that this is Pinelli's Gerson - the original, Italian title of this work is Gersone della perfettione religiosa. For more on Fr Newdigate, see his page accessible from the 'Individuals' page.
Book reference:
Pinelli, Lucas SJ, The mirrour of religious perfection devided into foure bookes. 1618. A/941
Inscription for the Canonesses of the Holy Sepulchre at Liège. A/794
The inscription reads: 'Written in they Catalogue of Books belonging to the English Sepulchrines at Liege'.
Below the Sepulchrines' inscription is another in pencil in Fr Charles Newdigate's hand which reads 'who gave it to Prov. Angl. SJ 1930' - this is recording the gift of this book by the Canonesses of the Holy Sepulchre to the Jesuit English Province in 1930.
Below Fr Newdigate's inscription is what appears to be a library mark (H 5,5) of the Sepulchrines, which has been struck through.
For more on the Sepulchrines, click the link below and for more on Fr Newdigate SJ, see his page which is findable on the 'Individuals' page.
Book reference:
Rodriguez, Alphonsus SJ, The practice of Christian perfection written in Spanish by Rd Father Alphonsus Rodriguez of the Society of Jesus. Translated into English out of the French copy of Mr. Regnier Des-Marais, of the Royal Academy of Paris. The second part. Printed in London by Thomas Hales. 1698. A/794
Below the Sepulchrines' inscription is another in pencil in Fr Charles Newdigate's hand which reads 'who gave it to Prov. Angl. SJ 1930' - this is recording the gift of this book by the Canonesses of the Holy Sepulchre to the Jesuit English Province in 1930.
Below Fr Newdigate's inscription is what appears to be a library mark (H 5,5) of the Sepulchrines, which has been struck through.
For more on the Sepulchrines, click the link below and for more on Fr Newdigate SJ, see his page which is findable on the 'Individuals' page.
Book reference:
Rodriguez, Alphonsus SJ, The practice of Christian perfection written in Spanish by Rd Father Alphonsus Rodriguez of the Society of Jesus. Translated into English out of the French copy of Mr. Regnier Des-Marais, of the Royal Academy of Paris. The second part. Printed in London by Thomas Hales. 1698. A/794
Inscription for the Canonesses of the Holy Sepulchre at Liège. A/795
The inscription reads: 'Written in the Catalogue of Books belonging to the English Sepulchrines at Liege'. Below this is another inscription which has been struck through and is not legible. Below that is a series of library marks, also struck through but still legible.
For more on the Canonesses, please click the link below.
Book reference:
Rodriguez, Alphonsus SJ,The practice of Christian & religious perfection. Written in Spanish by Rd Father Alphonsus Rodriguez of the Society of Jesus. Translated in to English out of the French copy of Mr Regnier Des-Marais, of the Royal Academy of Paris. The third part. Printed in London by Thomas Hales. 1699. A/795
For more on the Canonesses, please click the link below.
Book reference:
Rodriguez, Alphonsus SJ,The practice of Christian & religious perfection. Written in Spanish by Rd Father Alphonsus Rodriguez of the Society of Jesus. Translated in to English out of the French copy of Mr Regnier Des-Marais, of the Royal Academy of Paris. The third part. Printed in London by Thomas Hales. 1699. A/795
Stamp for Peterhausen Abbey. A/265
Peterhausen Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Peterhausen, Germany. It was founded in 983, and was secularised in 1802, when most of its books went to the University Library at Heidelburg. We do not know how or when this book came into the Jesuit collection.
Book reference:
Harpsfield, Nicholas, Dialogi sex contra summi pontificatus monasticae vitae, sanctorum, sacrarum imaginum oppugna-tores, et pseudomartyres: Ab Alano Copo Londinensi editi auctorwes nonnullis in locis & castigatiores. In quibus praeterquam quod nonnulla, quae aliij hactenus vel attigerunt leuiter, vel penitus omiserunt, paullo uberius & plenius explicatur; Centurionu[m] etia[m] Magdeburgensiu[m], auctorum Apo-logiae Anglicanae, pseudomartyrologorum nostri temporis, ma-xime vero Ioannis Foxi, & aliorum, qui adulterino Euangelio nomina dederunt, variae fraudes, putidae calumniae, & insignia in historiis Ecclesiae contaminandis mendacia deterguntur: Cum triplici indice, primo auctorum, altero capitum, tertio rerum & verborum. Printed in Antwerp by Plantin. 1573. A/265
Book reference:
Harpsfield, Nicholas, Dialogi sex contra summi pontificatus monasticae vitae, sanctorum, sacrarum imaginum oppugna-tores, et pseudomartyres: Ab Alano Copo Londinensi editi auctorwes nonnullis in locis & castigatiores. In quibus praeterquam quod nonnulla, quae aliij hactenus vel attigerunt leuiter, vel penitus omiserunt, paullo uberius & plenius explicatur; Centurionu[m] etia[m] Magdeburgensiu[m], auctorum Apo-logiae Anglicanae, pseudomartyrologorum nostri temporis, ma-xime vero Ioannis Foxi, & aliorum, qui adulterino Euangelio nomina dederunt, variae fraudes, putidae calumniae, & insignia in historiis Ecclesiae contaminandis mendacia deterguntur: Cum triplici indice, primo auctorum, altero capitum, tertio rerum & verborum. Printed in Antwerp by Plantin. 1573. A/265
Inscription for Peterhausen Abbey, dated 1608. A/265
Peterhausen Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Peterhausen, Germany. It was founded in 983, and was secularised in 1802, when most of its books went to the University Library at Heidelburg. We do not know how or when this book came into the Jesuit collection.
The inscription reads:
'Sum ex libris Monasterij Petrhusiani, 1608'
- 'I am from the library of the monastery of Peterhausen, 1608'
Book reference:
Harpsfield, Nicholas, Dialogi sex contra summi pontificatus monasticae vitae, sanctorum, sacrarum imaginum oppugna-tores, et pseudomartyres: Ab Alano Copo Londinensi editi auctorwes nonnullis in locis & castigatiores. In quibus praeterquam quod nonnulla, quae aliij hactenus vel attigerunt leuiter, vel penitus omiserunt, paullo uberius & plenius explicatur; Centurionu[m] etia[m] Magdeburgensiu[m], auctorum Apo-logiae Anglicanae, pseudomartyrologorum nostri temporis, ma-xime vero Ioannis Foxi, & aliorum, qui adulterino Euangelio nomina dederunt, variae fraudes, putidae calumniae, & insignia in historiis Ecclesiae contaminandis mendacia deterguntur: Cum triplici indice, primo auctorum, altero capitum, tertio rerum & verborum. Printed in Antwerp by Plantin. 1573. A/265
The inscription reads:
'Sum ex libris Monasterij Petrhusiani, 1608'
- 'I am from the library of the monastery of Peterhausen, 1608'
Book reference:
Harpsfield, Nicholas, Dialogi sex contra summi pontificatus monasticae vitae, sanctorum, sacrarum imaginum oppugna-tores, et pseudomartyres: Ab Alano Copo Londinensi editi auctorwes nonnullis in locis & castigatiores. In quibus praeterquam quod nonnulla, quae aliij hactenus vel attigerunt leuiter, vel penitus omiserunt, paullo uberius & plenius explicatur; Centurionu[m] etia[m] Magdeburgensiu[m], auctorum Apo-logiae Anglicanae, pseudomartyrologorum nostri temporis, ma-xime vero Ioannis Foxi, & aliorum, qui adulterino Euangelio nomina dederunt, variae fraudes, putidae calumniae, & insignia in historiis Ecclesiae contaminandis mendacia deterguntur: Cum triplici indice, primo auctorum, altero capitum, tertio rerum & verborum. Printed in Antwerp by Plantin. 1573. A/265
Inscription for a nun at The Ursuline convent, Quimper. A/3
The Ursuline convent in Quimper, northern France was built in the middle of the eighteenth century and had 41 nuns in 1790. In 1801 they were expelled from the convent.
The inscription reads: 'Ce livre est a lusage de la soeur St Xavier De la compagnie de Sainte ursule a quimper'
- 'This book is for the use of the sister St Xavier of the company of Saint Ursula at Quimper'
This book has belonged to two female communities as it was later owned by the Society of the Holy Child of Jesus at their Convent at Cherwell Edge, Oxford, at some point between 1904 and 1969.
For more on the Ursuline convent at Quimper, click on the link below.
Book reference:
Bourguignet, Simon SJ, Retraite de dix jours selon le veritable dessein de Saint Ignace. Printed in Lyon by Antoine Boudet. 1698. A/3
The inscription reads: 'Ce livre est a lusage de la soeur St Xavier De la compagnie de Sainte ursule a quimper'
- 'This book is for the use of the sister St Xavier of the company of Saint Ursula at Quimper'
This book has belonged to two female communities as it was later owned by the Society of the Holy Child of Jesus at their Convent at Cherwell Edge, Oxford, at some point between 1904 and 1969.
For more on the Ursuline convent at Quimper, click on the link below.
Book reference:
Bourguignet, Simon SJ, Retraite de dix jours selon le veritable dessein de Saint Ignace. Printed in Lyon by Antoine Boudet. 1698. A/3
Booklabel for the Community Library of the Convent of the Holy Child. A/3
The Society of the Holy Child of Jesus has had a presence in Oxford since 1902. Between 1904 and 1969 it was based at Cherwell Edge. For more information about the Convent of the Holy Child in Oxford, click on the link below.
This book has belonged to two female communities as it had previously been owned by the Ursuline convent at Quimper in the eighteenth century (see previous image). The blue booklabel shown here obscures an earlier one on white which may be for either of the two convents, or for a different owner.
Book reference:
Bourguignet, Simon SJ, Retraite de dix jours selon le veritable dessein de Saint Ignace. Printed in Lyon by Antoine Boudet. 1698. A/3
This book has belonged to two female communities as it had previously been owned by the Ursuline convent at Quimper in the eighteenth century (see previous image). The blue booklabel shown here obscures an earlier one on white which may be for either of the two convents, or for a different owner.
Book reference:
Bourguignet, Simon SJ, Retraite de dix jours selon le veritable dessein de Saint Ignace. Printed in Lyon by Antoine Boudet. 1698. A/3
Inscription for the Poor Clares at Gravelines. A/80
The Poor Clares at Gravelines, Northern France, were a community of English nuns, founded by Mary Ward in 1607. The community had a close but occasionally fractious relationship with the English Jesuits at nearby St Omers. It is not known when this book left the Poor Clares' collection or how it ended up with the Jesuits.
Many of the poor Clares' books are now at Durham University, to find out more about these click on the link below.
Book reference:
Bartoli, Daniello SJ, La Vie du reverend père Vincent Carafe septieme General de la Compagnie de Jesus. Qui peut sernir, en ce temps, d'une parfait idée à toutes les perfonnes spirituelles, & particulierement aus Superieurs des Religions. Avec l'abbrégé des vertus de D. Marie Carafe sa Mere. Escrite en Italien par le Pere Daniel Bartoli & traduite en Francois par le P. Thomas Le Blanc de la Compagnie de Jesus. Printed in Liege by Jean Mathius Hovius. 1653. A/80
Many of the poor Clares' books are now at Durham University, to find out more about these click on the link below.
Book reference:
Bartoli, Daniello SJ, La Vie du reverend père Vincent Carafe septieme General de la Compagnie de Jesus. Qui peut sernir, en ce temps, d'une parfait idée à toutes les perfonnes spirituelles, & particulierement aus Superieurs des Religions. Avec l'abbrégé des vertus de D. Marie Carafe sa Mere. Escrite en Italien par le Pere Daniel Bartoli & traduite en Francois par le P. Thomas Le Blanc de la Compagnie de Jesus. Printed in Liege by Jean Mathius Hovius. 1653. A/80
Inscription for the Poor Clares at Gravelines. A/H/34
The Poor Clares at Gravelines, Northern France, were a community of English nuns, founded by Mary Ward in 1607. The community had a close but occasionally fractious relationship with the English Jesuits at nearby St Omers. It is not known when this book left the Poor Clares' collection or how it ended up with the Jesuits, but it was owned by the Jesuit run St Francis Xavier school in Liverpool, both at its old city centre site and the site at Woolton to which it moved in 1961.
Many of the poor Clares' books are now at Durham University, to find out more about these click on the link below.
Book reference:
Daubenton, William, The Life of St John Francis Regis. Published in London by John Hoyles. 1738. A/H/34
Many of the poor Clares' books are now at Durham University, to find out more about these click on the link below.
Book reference:
Daubenton, William, The Life of St John Francis Regis. Published in London by John Hoyles. 1738. A/H/34
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