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- [Archive Ghent] Archief Gent: https://stad.gent/archief
- [Austrian National Library] Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Vienna): www.onb.ac.at
- [Basilica of Our Lady] Onze-Lieve-Vrouwebasiliek/Teseum (Tongeren) https://teseum.be
- [Bavarian State Library] Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (München): https://www.bsb-muenchen.de
- [Beguinage Museum] Begijnhofmuseum (Turnhout): https://begijnhofmuseum.turnhout.be
- Bodleian Library (Oxford): https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
- [City Archives of Mechelen] Stadsarchief Mechelen: http://stadsarchief.mechelen.be
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- [Illustrious Brotherhood of Our Blessed Lady] Illustre Lieve Vrouwe Broederschap ('s-Hertogenbosch): https://zwanenbroedershuis.nl
- [Monastry of Saint Mary] Montserrat - Arxiu Històric Musical de Montserrat - Biblioteca https://bibliotecademontserrat.cat/
- [Norbertine Abbey of Averbode] Norbertijnerabdij van Averbode (Scherpenheuvel-Zichem): http://www.abdijaverbode.be
- Patrick Power Library, Saint Mary's University (Halifax): https://www.smu.ca
- [Royal Carillon School Jef Denyn] Koninklijke Beiaardschool Jef Denyn (Mechelen): https://beiaardschool.mechelen.be
- [Royal Library of Belgium] Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België - Bibliothèque royale de Belgique (Brussels): www.kbr.be
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- The British Library (London): https://www.bl.uk
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