Book Title: Nette Afbeeldingen der eygene dragten van alle geestelijke vrouwen en nonnenorders; Nevens een korte Aantekening van haar begin, voortgang en bevestiging. ... / Adrien Schoonenbeek.

Author: Schoonebeek, Adriaan, ca. 1660-1714

Image Title: Sisters of the Order of Saint James of the Sword

Description: This etched print depicts a canoness regular of the Order of Jacob of the Sword, a Roman Catholic religious order originally founded as an order of Augustinian canons and canonesses regular which was later converted to a military order charged with defending Christian Spain against the encroachments of the Muslims to the south.

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