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BPB.772.007
17 Feb 1772:23 (756)
The ceremony of taking the veil at Rome.
This morning I went to the Convent of St. Ursula, to see a
nun take the veil. The company was very numerous, and
composed chiefly of the first people of Rome, who were all
in full dress. I was placed close to the altar, where I
could see the whole ceremony, and hear every word that was
uttered. The service was begun by saying mass; then Cardinal
de Rossi entered in great state, while the organ was
playing, and the mass was singing; the musick, both vocal
and instrumental, was performed by the nuns and ladies of
the convent, who were placed in the organ gallery. The
composition was pretty, but ill executed; the organ was a
bad one, and two powerful for the band; most of the best
hands as I was informed, were occupied in the convent with
the internal ceremony, the external was all performed in the
chapel. . .
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