Texts originated in the Devotio moderna movement. Collation: 1 (parchment flyleaf) + 2-165 + 166 (parchment flyleaf) + i (paper flyleaf) leaves : paper and parchment. Text in black ink; rubrics in red ink. Written in a Gothic hybrid hand (unit 4 in Gothic cursive) Decoration: historiated initial executed in blue, green and yellow watercolors, and red ink (ff. 46r); fol. 70r, in blue only; several initials in red ink. Katherina van Mispeltern was a nun of the Facons monastery when Elyzabeth van Daesdonc was prioress (between 1477 and 1486) and Willem Zeghers (our text reads: Sugger) was prior (between 1468 and 1481); Jacoba Custodis was a nun there while Iacobi de Molendino was prior (between 1481 and 1494) Accompanying materials: Letter by J.A.A.M. Biemans, 12 June, 2001, containing identification and description (6 leaves) in a separate envelope. "f. Norbertus van Couwerven utitur, P.S." ([16--], former owner?, fol. 2r); Library of Rene-Jacques de la Faille de Waerloos, 1830-1902 (sold at Auction, in 1878) Cataloging and digitization funded by an anonymous challenge grant, 2014-2015.
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