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Item No: mca2171320
Additional Title: Prayer book
Script: Hybrida
Language: Dutch
Folio Number: ff. 132v-133r
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

This manuscript has been dated to ca. 1550.


Notes: Initial G beginning a Dutch prayer to Saint Anne
Notes: The prayer on the right hand page begins a prayer to Saint Anne, the mother of the Virgin Mary. The prayers in this manuscript were written in Dutch rather than the usual Latin. Unlike most areas of Europe, devotional manuscripts produced in the Netherlands tended to be written in the vernacular language, a consequence of the spiritual movement popular in the region known as the Devotio moderna (Modern or New Devotion). Because of the movement's emphasis on personal devotion practiced through pious reading and writing, many devotional texts were translated into the language spoken and read by the majority of its followers.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1609077
Country: Country:Netherlands
City/Town/Township:Brabant

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1560
Image Dimensions Width: 132 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E 217

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