All that is known of him is in the preface of his work, in which he calls himself a member of the Franciscan Order, at one time lector of theology at Basel, and says that he finished his writing on 2 (1) February 1386, dedicating it to all the "friends of God", both clerical and lay, male and female, and begs for their prayers.
Franciscani ordinis, Rome, 1806, 571) he was a native of Flanders and belonged to the Franciscan ecclesiastical province of Cologne.
He introduces the twenty-four ancients referred to in Revelation 4:4, and makes them utter sentences of wisdom by which men can obtain the golden throne in eternal life.
In speaking of contemplative life he insists that none can reach it without spending time in the active service of God and man.
The longest chapters, eleven and twelve, he devotes to the Holy Eucharist and to the Blessed Virgin.