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Record Number: 2429 Author(s)/Creator(s): Beach , Alison I. Contributor(s): Title: Voices from a Distant Land: Fragments of a Twelfth-Century Nuns' Letter Collection [The author has identified nineteen full or partial letters written by nuns at Admont. Some are routine correspondence relating to patronage, but others are of a personal nature including a mother who wants her young daughter brought to her and a nun who Source: Speculum 77, 1 (January 2002): Pages 34 - 54. Description: Article Type: Journal Article Subject (See Also): Admont, Styria, Austria- Benedictine Double House Double Houses Latin Literature Letters Monasticism Nuns Patronage, Ecclesiastical Rhetoric Scribes and Scriptoria Women in Religion Award Note: Geographic Area: Germany Century: 12 Primary Evidence: Letter;Manuscript; Admont, Stiftsarchiv Ii/1. Four parchment leaves with letters written by nuns during the twelfth century. These were later damaged and stained with wine. Illustrations: Table: One Table. Table One A list of letters recovered from Admont, Stiftsarchiv Ii/1. The table lists sender, addressee, subject, location, scribe (identified as A, B, C, D, E, or ?), and the author's brief comment. Abstract: Related Resources: Author's Affiliation: College of William and Mary Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 2002. Language: English;Latin ISSN/ISBN: 00387134

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