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TERESA DE AVILA (1515 - 1582) Sainte
The item was sold for 42 900 €
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TERESA DE AVILA (1515 - 1582) Sainte
Autograph note (fragment), [Toledo 1576]| in Spanish| 53 x 73 mm recto-verso, under a double-sided black wooden display frame.
A very rare and valuable fragment of Saint Teresa.
It is preserved in a small black wooden display case in the shape of a tabernacle| on the lower part, on one side, an inscription on paper: "Carta scritta di mano della nostra Santa Madre Teresa di Gesù"| on the other side, small relics resting on a red velvet cushion, with a small banner bearing the inscription: "Ex Ossib S. Adiuti
Protomartyris Ord. S. Francisci" [St. Adiutus (Adjute) was one of the first five Franciscan martyrs killed in Morocco in 1220| their relics were brought back to Portugal shortly afterwards, and much venerated before their canonization in 1481]. The tabernacle was probably assembled by or for a Carmelite nun, venerating Teresa as a Holy Mother| it is sealed on both sides with four red wax seals bearing the arms of an unidentified cardinal.
At the head of the autograph of St. Teresa, an ancient inscription: "Carta scita a mano della ... Teresa".
Modernized transcription of the letter: "Habiendo comenzado a confesarme con una persona en una ciudad que al presente estoy, y ella con haberme tenido mucha voluntad y tenerla después que admitió el gobierno de mi alma, se apartaba de" [...] On the reverse: "mi alma con una persona del mismo lugar. A mí me pesó por haber de conocer condición nueva, que podía ser no me entendiese e inquietase y por tener amor a" [the rest is illegible]. Free translation: Having begun to confess to someone in the city where I am now, and this person, having put a lot of good will after taking charge of the government of my soul, ended up departing [She took on a new director of conscience| this man, who had expressed the desire to take care of her and was doing so with good will, ended up not coming to see her anymore. Verso: my soul with a person from the same place. I was afraid to have to know a new state, which could be that he would not understand me and would worry me and love me...]
The date is around August-September 1576, in the convent of Saint
The date is around August-September 1576, in the convent of St. Joseph in Toledo, where Teresa, persecuted by her order for her reformist actions, was under house arrest.
PROVENANCE Albin SCHRAM Collection (Christie's London sale, July 3, 2007, no. 456.
(Slight wetness, small hole in the upper edge).
Autograph note (fragment), [Toledo 1576]| in Spanish| 53 x 73 mm recto-verso, under a double-sided black wooden display frame.
A very rare and valuable fragment of Saint Teresa.
It is preserved in a small black wooden display case in the shape of a tabernacle| on the lower part, on one side, an inscription on paper: "Carta scritta di mano della nostra Santa Madre Teresa di Gesù"| on the other side, small relics resting on a red velvet cushion, with a small banner bearing the inscription: "Ex Ossib S. Adiuti
Protomartyris Ord. S. Francisci" [St. Adiutus (Adjute) was one of the first five Franciscan martyrs killed in Morocco in 1220| their relics were brought back to Portugal shortly afterwards, and much venerated before their canonization in 1481]. The tabernacle was probably assembled by or for a Carmelite nun, venerating Teresa as a Holy Mother| it is sealed on both sides with four red wax seals bearing the arms of an unidentified cardinal.
At the head of the autograph of St. Teresa, an ancient inscription: "Carta scita a mano della ... Teresa".
Modernized transcription of the letter: "Habiendo comenzado a confesarme con una persona en una ciudad que al presente estoy, y ella con haberme tenido mucha voluntad y tenerla después que admitió el gobierno de mi alma, se apartaba de" [...] On the reverse: "mi alma con una persona del mismo lugar. A mí me pesó por haber de conocer condición nueva, que podía ser no me entendiese e inquietase y por tener amor a" [the rest is illegible]. Free translation: Having begun to confess to someone in the city where I am now, and this person, having put a lot of good will after taking charge of the government of my soul, ended up departing [She took on a new director of conscience| this man, who had expressed the desire to take care of her and was doing so with good will, ended up not coming to see her anymore. Verso: my soul with a person from the same place. I was afraid to have to know a new state, which could be that he would not understand me and would worry me and love me...]
The date is around August-September 1576, in the convent of Saint
The date is around August-September 1576, in the convent of St. Joseph in Toledo, where Teresa, persecuted by her order for her reformist actions, was under house arrest.
PROVENANCE Albin SCHRAM Collection (Christie's London sale, July 3, 2007, no. 456.
(Slight wetness, small hole in the upper edge).