Bio-Bibliographia Franciscana Neerlandica Saeculi XVI

I. Biographical section: Made up in chronological order, this section contains the biographies of the Franciscan (Friars Minor) authors from the Netherlands of the sixteenth century (i.e. the Seventeen Provinces and the Prince-Bishopric of Liege), from whom at least one work, in book form, has been published. These critical biographical accounts of the authors are accompanied by a comprehensive bibliography. II. Bibliographical section: Made up in alphabetical order under authors’ names, this section contains firstly a condensed biography written in Latin, and secondly an erudite description of: a) Sixteenth-century editions of the works of Franciscan authors from the Low Countries, which have appeared in the Netherlands or elsewhere; b) Sixteenth-century editions of the works of foreign Franciscan authors, which have appeared in the Netherlands.The altogether 933 bibliographical descriptions have been made de visu and with painstaking accuracy. Full transcriptions and collations are provided for, and a census of copies is given. Four different indexes conclude the work.