Nuenen: Soeterbeeck

Augustinian nuns. Founded 1448 in Nuenen, moved to Deursen-Ravenstein 1732. Kapittel of Venlo; the convents of this kapittel were strongly influenced by the Devotio Moderna.

Patrocinium: Annunciatio BMV (Codices additi, p. 25).

In course of time Soeterbeeck has been merged with other Augustinian women's convents. As a result the library contained manuscripts from several Augustinian convents (though manuscripts of these convents are preserved elsewhere as well). Many of these manuscripts cannot be ascribed to a specific convent.

Some of the names of these convents display a special veneration for the virgin Mary (Mariënhage or 'O.L.V. in die Haghe' in Helmond; Mariëndael, founded 1419 in Diest, moved to St. Oedenrode 1796), others for St Anna (St. Annatroon in Driel, founded before 1500; St. Annaborch in Rosmalen, founded 1515). Therefore it is not surprising to find a special sequence for St Anna (Gaude cunctis veneranda Anna mater et cantanda) in the books of this library (Jan Boogaarts: Een bijzondere sequentia ...).

In 1997 the convent was closed down. The buildings are now being used as Study center Soeterbeeck in Deursen-Ravenstein.

The manuscripts have been transferred to Nijmegen University Library (see Rijkdom in eenvoud).

Manuscripts

	NL-Nu 450 (olim Soeterbeeck IV 16), breviary-antiphoner winter part, late 15th-early 16th century
	NL-LE 6168, winter antiphoner, has belonged to Soeterbeeck in the 19th century
	NL-TILu KHS [28], antiphoner, mid 16th century
	NL-Uc ABM 61, Graduale, 1485, perhaps from Soeterbeeck

Literature

	In Buscoducis, pp. 491-493
	Jan Boogaarts: Een bijzondere sequentia in het handschriftenbestand van het klooster Soeterbeeck te Deursen-Ravenstein, in: Tijdschrift voor Gregoriaans 1992 (jaargang 17), afl. 1, pp. 2-14
	R.Th.M. van Dijk (red.): Het klooster Soeterbeeck te Deursen 1732-1982. Bijdragen tot de geschiedenis van het zuiden van Nederland 53 (Tilburg 1982)
	R. van Dijk: Handschriften in de oude bibliotheek van de priorij Soeterbeeck, in: Priorij Soeterbeeck te Deursen, ed. H. Tummers (Nijmegen 2000), pp. 55-78 (ISBN 90 5710 093 2); p. 56, note 2 mentions an inventary 'die door medewerkers van dit Instituut is opgesteld'
	Rijkdom in eenvoud (2005)