Object details

Object number

v.2.a.3.32

Creator(s)

• Jan Van Ruusbroec (Ruisbroek, Belgium, 1293 - 1381, Groenendael, Belgium) - author
• Paul Lacomblez (active Brussels, early 20th century) - publisher
• J. H. H. McNamee (active Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1876 - 1922) - binder
• Maurice Maeterlinck (Ghent, Belgium, 1862 - 1949, Nice, France) - translator

Title

The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage [L'ornement des noces spirituelles]

Date

1891

Medium

Printed ink on paper

Language

French

Publication Place

Brussels

Binding Description

brown cloth

Description

1 vol., [6] xcvii 247 [2] p., 12°

Dimensions

17.78 x 11.75 x 3.18 cm (7 x 4 5/8 x 1 1/4 in.)

Signatures, inscriptions, and markings

Inscribed in ink (frontispiece): Mrs. Gardner / Souvenir d'une / bonne soiree / GW
Inscribed in pencil (opposite page 1): Warren 17/5
Printed label (adherred to inside cover): McNamee / Binder / Cambridge Mass

Provenance

Gift from the actress, singer and poet Mrs. Fiske Warren (Gretchen Osgood, 1871-1961) to Isabella Stewart Gardner at unknown date.

Commentary

Isabella's friend Gretchen Osgood Warren gave her books that cover a wide range of genres. This book written by a Flemish mystic in the 14th century addresses the growth of the soul through Christian virtue and contemplation.

Bibliography

Christina Nielsen (ed.). Sargent on Location: Gardner's First Artist-in-Residence. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2018), p. 60, no. 15.

Gallery

Vatichino

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