convent Chronicle
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thumb | right | alt=Elsbeth Stagel; excerpt from the Töss Sisters' Book: initial "S"(apiens) with the scribe's portrait of the nun Elsbeth Stagel at her writing desk with quill and penknife | Elsbeth Stagel; excerpt from the Töss Sisters' Book: initial "S"(apiens) with the scribe's portrait of the nun Elsbeth Stagel at her writing desk with quill and penknife Sister-books () is the term for a group of texts in the medieval literature. These works were written by Dominican nuns in the first half of the fourteenth century in South Germany and Switzerland. They relate the mystical experiences of
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thumb | right | alt=Elsbeth Stagel; excerpt from the Töss Sisters' Book: initial "S"(apiens) with the scribe's portrait of the nun Elsbeth Stagel at her writing desk with quill and penknife | Elsbeth Stagel; excerpt from the Töss Sisters' Book: initial "S"(apiens) with the scribe's portrait of the nun Elsbeth Stagel at her writing desk with quill and penknife Sister-books () is the term for a group of texts in the medieval literature. These works were written by Dominican nuns in the first half of the fourteenth century in South Germany and Switzerland. They relate the mystical experiences of sisters within the monastery, and were influential in the development of medieval mysticism.
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