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: Annunciades

Description: This etched print features a representative member of the Annunciades, a penitential order founded by Jeanne de Valois (1464 – 1505 CE), daughter of King Louis XI (1462 – 1515 CE). After the annulment of her marriage to Louis, Duke of Orléans, she retired to Bourges, where she founded an order in honor of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. She herself composed the Rule, the imitation of which she proposed as the aim of the order. Pope Alexander VI (1431 – 1503 CE) confirmed it, and Pope Leo X (1475 – 1521 CE) brought it under the jurisdiction of the Order of Saint Francis. In addition to the triple vow of poverty, chastity, and obedience, the members were bound to the recitation of the Office, the observance of cloistral rule, and the wearing of the habit.

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