's Hertogenbosch: Mariënwater

Birgittin monastery (for both men and women) Mariënwater or Koudewater (Maria ad Aquas Frigidas), in Rosmalen near 's Hertogenbosch.

Due to the religious troubles the male branche disappeared since ca 1650. The nuns remained in Mariënwater up till 1713; then they had to leave Mariënwater and move to the Abdij Maria Refugie in Uden; this is at present the only birgittine monastery left in the Netherlands.

Manuscripts produced for the convent's own use

	NL-Lu BPL 2856, Psalterium-Breviarium Birgittanum, ca 1470 (In Buscoducis, p. 150, incl. facs.; Kriezels nr. 153, p. 160, incl. facs.)
	NL-Uc ABM 52, Breviarium Birgittanum, 1470-1480 (In Buscoducis, p. 151, incl. facs.)
	NL-DHk 134 C 60, Psalterium-Breviarium Birgittanum, 1468
	Uden, Museum voor Religieuze Kunst, hs. MRK 071, Birgittine Antiphoner, provided with square notation, late 15th century (Kriezels nr. 151, p. 160, incl. facs.)
	Uden, Museum voor Religieuze Kunst, hs. MRK 072, Birgittine Antiphoner, provided with square notation, late 15th century (In Buscoducis, p. 497, incl. facs.; Kriezels nr. 154, p. 161, incl. facs.)
	NL-DHk 71 A 21, Officia, Missae et Sequentiae de BMV, 15th century (after 1466); from Mariënwater near 's Hertogenbosch
	GB-Ob Buchanan f 2, breviary, late 15th century
	Cambridge, UL, Add. 3204, Breviarium, 15th century (see BNM)

Manuscripts of unknown origin, prepared for Mariënwater

	NL-DHk 133 E 13, Breviarium Birgittanum, early 16th century
	NL-Au I F 50 (cat.nr. 603): Officium BMV Birgittarum, mid 15th century

In addition there is a 17th century Prosarium, preserved in Uden, Museum voor Religieuze Kunst (De Goede, nr 36, p. CXXXIV).

Literature

	In Buscoducis, pp. 493-494 and 497-500.
	Kriezels, aubergines en takkenbossen
	Boeren: Catalogus van de liturgische handschriften van de KB
	Birgitta van Zweden 1303-1373, espec. pp. 47-50