Nuns of Tabennisi

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: Nuns of Tabennisi

Description: This etched print depicts a nun of Tabennisi, the first coenobitic monastery, which the saint and monastic innovator Pachomius (292 – 348 CE) founded on an island of the Nile in Upper Egypt .

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