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Aldegonde Desmoulins

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As a member of the Abbey of Peace, Desmoulins produced a wide array of artistic and musical work. Her work focused on the areas of writing, drawing, painting, and architecture. Musically, she wrote spiritual verses about past
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to decorate the church, Sister Desmoulins began preparing a design for the community church around 1675. She would go on to become the project manager of the undertaking, and the church was finished in 1690.
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of Notre-Dame de Liège Madame Counotte requested that Desmoulins draw up plans for a new church building. With the help of sculptor
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The facade of the Abbey of Peace, the design and construction of which was overseen by Aldegonde Desmoulins
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to be sung in local churches. Along with the other sisters, she painted on woodblocks and
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with gold and silk thread, both for use within the Abbey or for donation.
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on account of her skills in artistic and intellectual abilities.
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Mons
Belgium
Liège
Belgium
Order of Saint Benedict
Abbaye de la Paix Notre-Dame de Liège
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Mons
Benedictine Order
Liège
dowry
saints
hymns
illuminated manuscripts
vestments

Abbess
Arnold du Hontoir
"L'ÉGLISE DES BÉNÉDICTINES DE LIÈGE"


"Nuns in the Modern Era: Architects, Site Managers and Laborers"


"Antoinette Desmoulins"
"History of the Abbey"
Categories
Nuns from the Spanish Netherlands
Benedictine nuns
French women architects

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