Eve Flegen, the Maiden of Meurs, 17th century

Eve Flegen, the Maiden of Meurs, Dutch woman who fasted for 14 years from age 22 to 36, from 1597 to 1611. Eve Fleigen, who lived on the smell of flowers. Hevavllegen tot Meurs. After a portrait in The Protestants and Iesuites up in Armes in Gulicke-land, London, 1611. Lithograph after a stipple engraving by Robert Cooper from Henry Wilson and James Caulfield's Book of Wonderful Characters, Memoirs and Anecdotes, of Remarkable and Eccentric Persons in all ages and countries, John Camden Hotten, Piccadilly, London, 1869

16th Century 19th Century Book Of Wonderful Characters Eccentric Extraordinary Fasting Freak Henry Wilson James Caulfield John Camden Hotten Memoirs And Anecdotes Piccadilly Remarkable Robert Cooper Stipple Engraving

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