Welcome to the Camelitana Collection

The Camelitana Collection

The Carmelitana Collection, now holding over 14,500 titles, is a research library specializing in literature pertaining to Carmelite studies with materials dating as far as the late 15th century. Inside this spacious and comfortable library, researchers from all fields of religious study will find substantive matter relevant to the literary and spiritual tradition of the Carmelite Order. Resources in Spanish Renaissance literature, medieval mendicants, Gregorian chant, 19th century American piety, Latin poetry, Baroque preaching, and 20th century phenomenology are all easily accessible and ready for study. The Collection also includes popular items relating to Carmelite spirituality.

The presence of many women authors in the Carmelite tradition makes the library particularly appealing to those pursuing a gender-critical approach to spirituality, including authors such as Teresa of Avila, Mary Magdalene De Pazzi, Cecilia del Nasciemento, Therese of Lisieux, Elizabeth of the Trinity, Edith Stein, and Jessica Powers.

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Search Tips

To find the record you are looking for, simply type some keywords into the search box provided and click the ‘search’ button. You can use the ‘*’ character to perform word truncation. For example, ‘comput*’ will match on any word that begins with comput- such as computer, computing, computation, etc.

To access additional search options you can use the advanced search page. There you can select the specific fields you want to search on as well as choose from a list of available search types including: keyword searching, exact match, phrase searching, range searching and more.

Library Resources

Books, microfilms, DVDs, CDs, scanned books, periodicals and other items related to Carmelite spirituality and literature including:
Artwork and photography related to the cultural heritage of the Carmelite Order.
Resources pertaining to medieval liturgy and Gregorian chant.
Carmelite and Spanish Renaissance literature.
Carmelite periodicals from around the world including The Sword, The Carmelite Review, Carmelus, Spiritual Life, and Studies in Spirituality.
Theological works by Carmelite scholars of previous centuries such as John Baconthorpe, Thomas Netter, Arnold Bostius, Michael of St. Augustine and others.
Talks and seminars on the Carmelite tradition and spirituality.

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