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...University Library has recently received an interesting and rather extensive collection of Armenian texts, published at the famous Armenian Convent in Venice. The collection consists mainly of religious writings and works of the early Fathers of the Church. It also includes service books for the Armenian church and bibliographies of Armenian literature from the earliest times...
...singularly interesting work is announced by the Cambridge University Press. It is an elaborate study of convent life and saint worship, covering the period from the beginning of Latin Monasticism to the years just preceding the Reformation. The work is called "Woman under Monasticism." Its author is Lina Eckenstein...
Professor de Sumichrast introduced his subject by a short history of the Convent of Saint Cyr where the masterpieces of Racine were acted under the supervision of Mme. de Maintenon. When Athalie was first produced, instead of arousing the enthusiasm which Racine had so confidently hoped for it, it seemed to fall flat, the truth being that it was so far superior to the standards of the times that it was beyond appreciation; it was a play written for posterity...
...McCulloch, Jr., contributes a only other prose article. "A Pupil of Giotte" describes the single masterpiece of an Italian painter, and tells how the artist was so fearful of overshadowing his master's fame that he renounced his profession for the convent...
...mind. A group of little children, clad in white, and with wreaths of flowers on their heads, go by singing a hymn written for the occasion. But Ruprecht I is a staunch Catholic, and the representatives of the church must not be forgotten. Here come pale nuns from the convent on the Heiligenberg and stern-faced monks, with sandalled feet and rough, rope-girt robes and dark cowls; and in the midst of them rides a gorgeous Cardinal, the papal legate sent in honor of the occasion. The Prince and his spouse, Princess Beatrice, magnificently arranged in brocade and blue...