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Les Devoirs d'une Soeur de L'hôpital manuscript codex
Biomed.0323  
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  • Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
    Title: Les Devoirs d'une Soeur de L'hôpital manuscript codex
    Identifier/Call Number: Biomed.0323
    Physical Description: 1 unknown (8 volumes)
    Date: 1704
    Language of Material: French .

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    UCLA Catalog Record ID

    UCLA Catalog Record ID: 5668919 

    Scope and Contents

    Collection consists of a set of rules, written in cursive by a single hand for the conduct of a charity hospital, run by a community of nuns. The manuscript includes chapters entitled "De la Prudence, De l'application, De l'amour du Travail, Connoissance des verite Chretiennes and La Patience" among others. Each chapter includes suggestions for implementation and "practique." The final chapter contains "Le Directoire et Regle generalle pour la communeaute des soeurs officieres de l'hopital general maison de Sainte Louis," possibly the Hôpital Saint Louis in Paris, founded by Henry IV in 1607.