960J Pellizzrio (Francisco). 1596-1651.
TRACTATIO DE MONIALIBVS, In qua resoluuntur OMNES FERE’ QVÆSTIONES (Et ex his plurimæ adhuc non tractatæ) quæ de ijs excitari solent in communi, & in particulari. NIMIRVM De receptione, Nouitatu, Dote, Renunciatione bonorum, Profes-sione, Velo, Consecratione, Votis Religiosis, Clausura, Obligatio-nibus, Prohibitionibus, Poenis, Priuilegijs, ac Gubernatione quo ad earum Prælatos, Abbatissas, & Confessa-rios ordinario, ac extraordinrios. Accessit formvlarivm licentiarvm Quarum vsus in Monialium gubernatione solet esse frequentior. EDITIO QVINTA. Pluribus mendis purgata. AVTHORE P. FRANCISCO PELLIZZARIO PLACENTINO E Societate IESV Theologiæ moralis Lectore.
Romae, Sumptibus Guillelmi Hallé, ex typographia Fabij de Falco, 1666. Price $ 1,300
A TREATISE ON MONALIBES “to/for/by/with the nuns”., In Which ALL OF THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS (And of these many not yet treated) Which are usually raised about them in general, and in particular. Of the Reception, Nobility, Dowry, Renunciation of Goods, Profession, Veil, Consecration, Religious Vows, Closure, Obligations, Prohibitions, Penalties, Privileges, and Government as to Their Prelates, Abbess, and Confessors Ordinary and Extraordinary. Added the Forms of Licenses Which are Usually Used in the Government of Nuns. FIFTH EDITION. Purified with Many Errors. AUTHOR P. FRANCISCO PELLIZZARIO PLACENTINO E Societate IESV Lector of Moral Theology.
Quarto 16.5 x 11 cm. Signatures: a4 A-Z8 Aa-Zz8, Aaa-Iii8,Kkk4. Bound in contemporary full vellum Smooth back. Title and author manuscript on the spine.
In this Treatise on Nuns almost all questions and potential situations are addressed The Index at the front is an outline of the situations and the laws which apply to them. Namely, on Reception, Novitiate, Dowry, Renunciation of goods, Profession, Veil, Consecration, Religious Votives, Closure, Obligations, Prohibitions, Penalties, Privileges, and Government, with regard to their Prelates, Abbess, and Ordinary and Extraordinary Confessors. Added to the Formulary of Licenses, which is more frequently used in the government of Nuns. Fifth edition, several times revised.
What makes the treatise particularly interesting is the degree of administrative detail devoted to enclosure (clausura). The table of contents alone shows how carefully the subject is subdivided: the departure of nuns, the admission of outsiders, the reception of girls for education, and the controlled communication between the convent and the outside world. Such precision reflects the post-Tridentine effort to regulate female religious life with far greater uniformity than had often existed in medieval practice. Rather than a devotional text, the work reads as a practical manual of governance, translating the ideals of reform into concrete institutional rules.
Seen in this light, the sections on enclosure reveal the tension inherent in early modern convent life. Convents were meant to be spaces of strict spiritual separation, yet they remained embedded in family, educational, and civic networks. The detailed regulations governing entrances, exits, and communication show the Church attempting to stabilize that boundary. The text therefore provides a valuable window into the administrative realities of post-Reformation Catholic reform and the mechanisms through which ecclesiastical authority sought to structure daily religious life.
DeBacker -Sommervogel Vol IV, Col 456, No1.
Frist printed in 1644, one North American copy at Columbia. There were 9 more editions to 1490, of those only 9 North American holdings according to OCLC:, 1660 & 1681-U of Dayton, 1666-U of Alberta, 1668, Georgetown & St. Norbert WI & Boston College, 1686-Yale, 1690-Fordham & St. Bonaventure.
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