About Anna Svensdotter
Lived 1450 – 1527 (aged 76–77). Anna Svensdotter was a nun.
Anna Swenonis (died 31 July 1527) was a Swedish manuscript illuminator.
She was a nun of the Bridgettine order in the Vadstena Abbey from 1478, and served as a prioress for a time.
She is known as the author of the manuscripts known as AM 422 and Ups C 475. She is pointed out as the artist of the illuminated manuscript known as a copy of the Prayer book of Ingegerd Ambjörnsdotter from 1501–1527, which is now kept as the National Library of Sweden.
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Who was Anna Svensdotter?
Swedish manuscript illuminator (died 1527)
When was Anna Svensdotter born?
Anna Svensdotter was born in 1450.
When did Anna Svensdotter die?
Anna Svensdotter died in 1527.
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Anna Svensdotter was a nun.
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