ABSTRACT
The manuscript Liber fratrum cruciferorum Leodiensium (Lg), so called because of an ex-libris inscription on the title page, was copied probably at Liege, where it is still preserved, during the early seventeenth century. In spite of the great number of religious orders established at Liege, the collection is one among only a limited number of extant records that provide significant insight into the musical life of religious orders in the first half of the seventeenth century. Little information about the organ of the community of the Crutched Friars has come down to us, but we do know that one Herman Pietkin, a Crutched Friar himself and an organ builder from Namur, was the one who built the instrument for the Order's establishment in Liege. In order to justify the choice of the copyist, the relations between Liege and the capital of the Netherlands must be examined.
