Works, correspondence, and miscellaneous papers of Anthoinette Bourignon (d. 1680), the French mystic, chiefly copies. All appear to be printed in her works (19 vols., Amst., 1683), except a piece which may be by Jan Swammerdam, 'Die warachtige Const der Geometrie', here in the handwriting of Pieter Pietersen. The letters, original and copied, extend from 1673 to 1678.
Dates
- Creation: second half of the 17th century
Extent
0.22 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
- Dutch; Flemish
- French
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Add. A. 96, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Add. A. 96-97
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 18704
Abstract
Works, correspondence, and miscellaneous papers of Anthoinette Bourignon, written in the second half of the 17th century in Holland, partly by A. Bourignon.
Biographical / Historical
Antoinette Bourignon (1616-1680) was a French mystic.
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. V, nos. 28926-28927.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought by the Library at the Enschedé sale at Haarlem on Dec. 13, 1867 (lot 593), for £4 11s. 9d.
Subject
- Title
- Catalogue of the archive of Anthoinette Bourignon
- Status
- Published
- Author
- EAD version 2020 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Date
- EAD version 2020
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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