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The Forty Days

St. Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi

This book is in Italian.

The first of the original manuscript books (27 May-15 August 1584): the ecstasies and visions of Sister Maria Maddalena in the forty days after her religious profession in articulo mortis, taken down by her sisters Veronica Alessandri and Maria Maddalena Mori. Critical edition by Ermanno Ancilli, O.Carm., in Tutte le opere, vol. I (Florence: CIL, 1960). One chapter per day, in sixteenth-century Florentine spelling, with the editor's bracketed glosses and notes as printed.

Contents

Source: Complete page: Presentazione by Sister Maria Maddalena Mori, the days of the Quaranta giorni and the Conclusione with the later ecstasies up to 15 August 1584. The editors' title block and page numbers (//N//) are dropped.