Finding Aid for the Les Devoirs d'une Soeur de L'hôpital Manuscript Codex Biomed.0323

Finding aid prepared by Kelly Besser, 2021.

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Online finding aid last updated 2021 January 19.

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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.