Suster Bertken

She was born the illegitimate daughter of the canon priest Jacob van Lichtenberg.

Bertken lived in a small cell adjacent to the Buurkerk church of Utrecht for fifty-seven years until her death in 1514.

[2] Her daily activities were attending church from a window in her cell, meditation, prayer and writing.

[3] - Een ander goet leydeken Nu hoert ic sal enen nieuwen sanc begin- nen Die min die min si wil my ummer dwinghen Dat ic my hier verbliden sal Ende ic bin hier beneden in een dal

Ic hoep ic sel di minne noch wel besinnen Den rou den rou daer sal ick mede beginnen Sy sal my werven also wael Der duven sanck te singhen inden dael

A posthumous publication of Suster Bertkens's religious text, entitled in translation A booklet written by Suster Bertkens who for 57 years was enclosed in the Buurkerk at Utrecht, 1516.
Suster Bertken: Nu hoert ic sal enen nieuwen sanc beginnen , poem, 1516. "Now listen up, i'll start a new song".
Manuscript biography of Suster Bertken, Regulierenklooster (Monastery of the Canons regular ), Utrecht. Before 1700.