More than Muses

A digital library of texts by Iberian Women from the Middle Ages through the Nineteenth Century

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Updated September 5, 2026

A un ruiseñor que se puso a cantar al tiempo que una persona estaba contando sus pesares a otro

Ruiseñor, que tus acentos son en gorjeos suaves dulce hechizo((encanto)) de las aves y lisonja((adulación, halago)) de los…

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Soror Tomásia Caetana de Santa Maria

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More Than Muses and Professors Valerie Hegstrom, Anna-Lisa Halling, and Jeremy Browne were featured in the Spring 2025…

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Portrait of Soror Maria do Céu

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Soror Maria do Céu

In a time when many people didn’t live past forty, Soror Maria do Céu lived to be ninety-four and a half. Born in Lisbon, she became one of the most…

  • 1658 – 1753
  • Adágio, Capítulo, Auto
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Adágio 1 – Qual é aquele regalo

Adágio 1 Qual é aquele regalo, de tal circunstância a fé, que o tem, e não tem nenhum, e se come sem o haver. Declaração O papo de Anjo nenhum…

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