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  • Record Number: 18317
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Jongen , Ludo.
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  • Title: Like a Pharmacy with Fragrant Herbs: The "Legenda Sanctae Clarae Virginis" in Middle Dutch [The author analyzes a fifteenth century Dutch adaptation of the life of Saint Clare. Jongen suggests that it was written for a house of Poor Clares or Colettines. The first appendix lists English translations of the chapter headings from the adaptation. The second appendix presents a brief excerpt from the Brabant translation and the Northeastern translation, both Middle Dutch translations of the life of Saint Clare. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source: Collectanea Franciscana 65, 40180 ( 1995): Pages 221 - 245.
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Adaptations Clare of Assisi, Saint Dutch Literature Hagiography Legenda Sanctae Clarae Virginis, Latin Saint's Life Literature- Prose Women in Religion
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  • Geographic Area: Low Countries
  • Century: 15
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  • Year of Publication: 1995.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 00100749