MONASTIC from Chilton Books

Ely: Ely Cathedral Publications, 1992.. 1st edition. This sign language was taught to the monks of Ely in the middle ages so that they could communicate at times when the Rule of Benedict forbade them to speak." The manuscript of the instructions for making these signs is printed here for the first time in both Latin and English… Read more about this item

London:SPCK,1964.. Revised edition. "The history of the Church of England in the nineteenth century is characterised by the revival of the monastic ideal, which had been dormant, apart from a few isolated experiments, since the Reformation. This book tells the story of the revival and proviodes a list....of all communities...in the Anglican Communion throughout the world, including those… Read more about this item

Manchester: Monastery Publications, 2012.. the twelve irreplaceable Saints of Gorton Monastery were finally reinstated in their original home in May 2012, after a precarious journey around the country that almost saw them lost forever. In 1994, the unique collection of 12 life-sized statues of Franciscan Saints were discovered listed for sale in a Sotheby's auction catalogue. They had been… Read more about this item

Woodbridge: Catholic Record Society / The Boydell Press, 2016.. 1st edition.Catholic Record Society Volume 86. "Most convent archives perished at the French Revolution, but Strickland's papers survived in the archives of Mapledurham House, Oxfordshire, offering a unique insight into the workings of English convents.These extraordinary documents reveal the rality of exile for a group of formidable yet vulnerable women,… Read more about this item

Slough: Society of St Paul, nd. (c.1977).. The Ursulines Greenwich 1877-1977. "The Ursuline Order, to which the convent of Greenwich belongs, was founded in Brescia by St. Angela Merici in 1535." 24.5cms x 18.5cms. Pp.109, many black & white photos and illustrations. Paperback. VG.

London: The Protestant Truth Society. nd.(c.1960s?).. Her experience as a nun of the Roman Catholic Church, her escape from the convent, and her ultimate conversion to Christ". Pp 158. Paperback, slight creasing to spine. G+.

London: Blackfriars Publications, 1958.. Being the English Version of 'Pour les Mistresses des Novices'. "Discusses many of the problems which novice mistresses have to face in training...Prudence and obedience, training in community life, health and nervous equilibrium in the novitiate, and a valuable guide to a curriculum of studies." Pp.viii/152. Black cloth, dustwrapper has minor wear to top… Read more about this item

London: Blackfriars Publications, 1958.. This volume, a translation of L'Apostolat, forms a complete study of the apostolic life." Pp.viii/206. Black cloth, dustwrapper has edgewear and small tears to top and tail of spine. VG/G+.

Kingswod: The World's Work Ltd, 1957.. 2nd impression. The story of Mother Catherine Thomas of Divine Providence, D.C. Pp.310, 8 black & white photo illustrations, small ink numbers to top of front free endpaper. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine, spine slightly dulled, bump to lower front corner. G+.

Cork: The Mercier Press Limited, 1958.. Contents: Part One. Being a Superior. I.Official and Personal Authority; II,Aspects of Superiorship; III.The Knowledge of His Duties; IV.A Study of Government; V.On Intellectual Training; VI.Knowledge of the Institution; VII.The Virtuous Soul; VIII.The Theological Virtues; IX.Obedience; X.Humility; XI.Poverty; XII.The Spirit of Prayer; XIII.The Interior Life. Part 2.Acting as a Superior. XIV.The Principal… Read more about this item

Roma: Pubblicazioni Agostiniane, 1995.. A Historical Album of the Order of St Augustine. Contents: I.750 Years Ago; II.St Augustine's Monasticism; III.The Grand Union of 1256; IV.The First Hundred Years; V.The Late Middle Ages; VI.The Age of Reform; VII.Augustinian Missions; VIII.The Age of Suppression; IX.Return and Renewal; X.The Augustinians in the Twentieth Century. Landscape format. 21cms x 29.5cms. Pp.95,… Read more about this item

London: SPCK, 1911.. 7th edition. 15cms x 11.5cms. "Bernard would have been surprised, could he have foreseen by how many varying sects his poem would be sung. The course of a few days brought me requests to use it from a minister of the Scotch Establishment, a Swedenborgian minister, and a hymn-book for the use of the "American Evangelical… Read more about this item

London: A.R.Mowbray, 1949.. 1st edition. Pp.106, endpaper maps by M.Hope. Green illustrated stiff card boards have edge wear and minor spots and scuffs. Good.** "The Bush Brotherhood was a group of Anglican religious orders providing itinerant priests to minister to sparsely-settled rural districts in Australia. They were described as a "band of men" who could "preach like Apostles" and… Read more about this item

Dublin: Clonmore & Reynolds Ltd, 1964.. 1st edition. "Gives a graphic sketch of the history of Cistercian nuns from the days of their origin; this includes the mystics of the Low Countries and Germany and the Abbess in Spain who ruled over several townships, wore a mitre and tried to hear the confessions of her nuns! We are also… Read more about this item

Cambridge / London : Deighton Bell and Co. ; G. Bell and Sons, 1915 .. The system of double monasteries, or monasteries for both men and women, is as old as that of Christian monasticism itself, though the phrase "monasteria dupliciates from about the C6. The term was also sometimes applied to twin monasteries for men; Bede uses… Read more about this item

London: Thomas Nelson,1951.. 1st ed. Ex-church college library. Pp.40/157x157(Double pagination of Latin text facing English translation), inkstamps to endpapers and title page . Red cloth, dustwrapper has inked number to spine and is in a clear protective wrap.G+/G+.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.Ltd, 1906.. The ordinary collections of the work of a Kempis do not contain the Chronicle, although there is no doubt as to the authenticity of the book, which is of considerable importance to students of the movement known as 'The New Devotion', and to those who are interested in the Brotherhood of… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Sands & Co, 1909.. Newly Done Into English with Preface and Notes by Father Cuthbert, O.S.F.C. "The coming of the Friars Minor, or Franciscan Friars, to England, in the year 1224, was an event of no mean importance in the religious and social life of the nation." Pp.xl/168, bookplate of the Holy Sepulchre New Hall to… Read more about this item

London: Harding & More Ltd, The Ambrosden Press, 1932.. A Brief Account of Their Origin, Rule and Work. Ex convent library. Pp.91, black & white frontispiece + 7 further black & white plates, historated capitals to first letter of chapters, convent inkstamp to front free endpaper. Blue cloth, gilt title to front and spine. VG.

London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1855 .. 16mo. pp.16/pp.295. A good tight original binding. Vellum spine with title printed in red, rather soiled. Plain papered boards, of a similar colour to the spine, corners rubbed. Original black endpapers, with small yellow booksellers label: "J. Fawn & Son, 18, Queens Road, Bristol." Halt title present. Title in red &… Read more about this item