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They are divided into the Proprium de Tempore (offices for seasons of the Christian year such as Advent, Lent, Easter etc); the Proprium Sanctorum (for saints’ days) and the Commune Sanctorum (for feasts of varying classes, such as those for apostles, martyrs, confessors, virgins, and the Blessed Virgin Mary. This large manuscript, clearly written for communal singing, was made for a Flemish religious community by a member (Fr. F. Hairs) of an Augustinian house at Bruges. While there was an English Augustinian Convent there (an English Recusant foundation known also as the Convent of Nazareth) we have been unable to link Father Hairs to it. He may actually have been attached to the contemporary Flemish Augustinian house. The title states that the manuscript was for the use of the children (‘liberorum’) of Dominic Bergèr, but we have been unable to determine who they were. The manuscript is dated 1794 (the term ‘impressit’ does not, in this case mean literally ‘printed’). In this year, religious communities in Bruges were widely disrupted and often closed as French Revolutionary forces took over the city. The production of such a substantial volume intended for use in services at this time is notable. see full details...
