Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Codex 2402: Recueil d’œuvres spirituelles détachées de differens auteurs. University of Pennsylvania 2026-09-28 2026-09-28 These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Codex 2402: Recueil d’œuvres spirituelles détachées de differens auteurs. are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is ©2026 University of Pennsylvania Libraries and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Ms. codex. Title from title page (p. [i]). 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206 University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Codex 2402 9979922404203681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1609813211 https://digitalcollections.library.upenn.edu/items/4dd2ca3d-b0e2-408b-90f6-b51321698353 Personal compilation of devotional readings on prayer, penitence, love, and grace, including writing of Anne-Séraphine Boulier (p. 90; 1628-1683; Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, Dijon), with a table of contents at the end (p. 381-384). The compiler added six mounted watercolors (p. [ii, iii, iv], 280, 387, 388) nearly twenty years later, after the execution of Louis XVI. French Recueil d’œuvres spirituelles détachées de differens auteurs. Fériet de Cosne, Louise-Geneviève, 1743-1825 [i] Recueil d'œuvres spirituelles détachées de differens auteurs 381 Table des chapitres contenus dans ce livre

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Van der Ley. 196 leaves : 145 x 87 (100 x 67) mm bound to 150 x 100 mm Paper, ii + 194; original pagination in blue ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper outer corners, [i-iv], 1-388. Collation undetermined due to tight binding. Written in 18 long lines; ruled in lead. Octavo format. Written in semi-cursive script by Louise-Geneviève Fériet de Cosne. 6 mounted watercolor illustrations with verse captions (a heart caught in thorns beneath a triangle in the the heavens, p. [ii]; a heart outside a church chained to radiance in the heavens, p. [iii]; a crown above two hearts pierced by a sword, dedicated to Louis XVI after his execution, dated and signed on the verso, 8 February 1793, L. G. Feriet de Cosne, p. [iv]; crown of thorns surrounding text and titled Touché a la Ste. Epine de P. R. [relic, fragment of the Crown of Thorns of Port Royal], on parchment, p.280; lamb with chalice and host, on parchment, p. 387; heart in a rustic shelter beneath a triangle in the heavens, on parchment, p. 388); decorative floral headings (a few stenciled, p. 1, 317) and vignettes in blue ink; titles, text block frames, pagination, and index in blue ink. Watercolor, Heart in thorns Watercolor, Chained heart Watercolor, Crowned and pierced hearts with dedication to Louis XVI Watercolor, Touché a la Ste. Epine de P. R. Watercolor, Lamb with chalice and host Watercolor, Heart in a rustic shelter

18th-century gilt morocco (Malais); gilt spine with spine label in capitals, Oeuvres spiritu; marbled paper pastedowns and endleaves.

Text probably written in Metz by Louise-Geneviève Fériet (Malais), in 1771 (title page, p. [i]); watercolors added after her marriage and exile from Metz, approximately 1793 (verso of mounted watercolor, p. [iv]).

1771, 1793 Metz, France Sold by Nicolas Malais (formerly Cabinet Chaptal, Paris), 2026. Spiritual life--Catholic Church--Early works to 1800 France--History--Louis XVI, 1774-1793--Early works to 1800 codices (bound manuscripts) Commonplace books Devotional literature Excerpts Watercolors Manuscripts, French--18th century Manuscripts, European