The Prophesying Nun of Dresden notes of the prophetic manuscripts. These writings, according to Baschera's novel, were mentioned for the first time by a certain Abbot Nicolas Holb in 1808 in Vienna. The author of the manuscripts, written in the form of letters, was a German nun and clairvoyant whose actual name is not known. Of her, it is only known that she was “a pious Religious born in Dresden in 1680 and died in 1706” and that “ . . . her convent was on the banks of the Elbe” River. Some of the letters were written in German, some more in Latin and
Dresden Armoury Dresden Armoury The Dresden Armoury or Dresden Armory (German: Rüstkammer), also known as the Dresden Historical Museum (German: "Historisches Museum Dresden"), is one of the world's largest collections of ceremonial weapons, armour and historical textiles. It is part of the Dresden State Art Collections and is located in Dresden Castle in Dresden. The Turkish Chamber (German: "Türckische Cammer") is a separate collection within the Dresden Armoury that is focused on art from the Ottoman Empire. The oldest weapons collection in Dresden, the City Armoury ("Städtische Harnischkammer") was founded in 1409, containing the weapons used by the citizens to defend the