Rule of St. Augustine

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Rule of St. Augustine

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Item No: mca2131181
Title: Rule of St. Augustine
Script: Hybrida
Language: Dutch
Folio Number: f. 118r
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

This manuscript has been dated to ca. 1500.


Notes:

This manuscript was written by 12 scribes all related to the Cloister of Jericho in Brussels. The colophon on f. 118r list the names of 11 nuns and their confessor.


Notes:

This page ends the Rule of St. Augustine along with Hugh of St. Victor's explanation of the text. The colophon that appears here, after the end of the text, explains that the book was written by twelve scribes: eleven nuns and their confessor, Father Philip Nicholas, who wrote out the book as an act of devotion. The colophon names all eleven nuns who helped to write out the manuscript. The list includes the name, Sister Janne vanden Velde, who served as the prioress of Jericho from the 1490s into the 1500s.


Notes: Colophon
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1610446
Country: Country:Flanders
City/Town/Township:Brussels

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1510
Image Dimensions Width: 133 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E 213
Creator Name: Augustine of Hippo - Author

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