The Liturgy for the Office of the Veil
Spanish, date unknown
Canadian Mennonite University/Mennonite Heritage Centre Archive, Loewen 2

This is a small, personal liturgical manuscript, written on heavy paper. It would have been used by a clergyman, such as an abbot or bishop. The book contains the liturgy for the Office of the Veil, or the vows of a novice renouncing the world and taking the veil. While the liturgy is in Latin, of course, the directions or rubrics for the performance of the liturgy are all in Spanish. It is clearly a well-used book; its first gatherings have been repaired, likely for the user rather than by a conservator. We might imagine the bishop traveling from one convent to another and performing this rite many times over in the Spanish countryside around Barcelona.