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Ordo admittendi virgines ad monasterii ingressum habitumque regularem suscipiendi ritus item servandus ad professionis emissionem ad provinciae Mediolanensis usum.

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Scarce edition of this set of rites for the admission of women to convents in the province of Milan, covering their investiture, tonsure, and vows, with instructions printed in red, texts to be spoken and sung in black, and with printed music for hymns and blessings. The first edition appears to have been issued in 1607.

Not on OCLC; ICCU finds only two copies in Italy.

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