Four liturgical manuscripts from a Cistercian monastery.

4to, on paper, in Latin and Dutch.

Contemp. marbled calf, gilt orn. spine with raised bands (corners rubbed).

1. "Libellus continens Responsoria decantanda in profestis sermonum per totum annum. Ac Hymnos decantandos sub elevatione et expositione SS. Eucharistiae sacramanti scriptus in gratiam nonnae Lutgardis vande Vyver religiosae abbatiae B.M.V. de Doorezele. Gandavi". [2]-40 pp. Text within ruled borders, musical notations. - 2. Prayer book. 40 pp., written with red and brown ink. Contains three parts: "Ceremonien" (pp. 1-24), "Ordo Sacrae Communionis Infirmarum" (pp. 27-28), "Ordo Sepeliendi et Tumulandi Defunctam" (pp. 30-40). - 3. "Vasten Boeck die Van Auts Tyde Is in 't Gebruyck In Het Clooster Van Doorezeele [...]". 1768. 118 pp. Prayer book. - 4. "Dit is een boecken behelsede alle de manieren ofte constitutien die van outs tijde geplacht ende g'observeert sijn, in het clooster van Doorezeelde in de stadt Gendt verdeijkt elck op sij daegen, te weten sondaegs, en alle Hdaegen, oock daegelijcks [...]". 1768. Oblong 4to: [1]-58-[7] pp. Contemp. vellum, flat spine. Rules edicted in 1768 by prioress Humbelina van Lokeren. that give us a clear picture of daily life in the abbey.
Prov. Cistercian nuns monastery of Doornzele (Ghent) (ms. entries).