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 the Abbey of the Holy Cross (Poitiers)

Description: This etched print features a member of the Abbey of the Holy Cross, a French Benedictine monastery of nuns founded in the 6th century by the Frankish queen Radegund (520 – 587 CE) as the first monastery for women in the Frankish Empire. The abbey was given its name when Radegund was given the gift of a fragment of the True Cross by the Emperor of Byzantium.

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