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Jacob van Maerlant, Historie van Troyen

v. 38941-39252, 40499-40810.

F-31u1

Gent, Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal en Letteren, KANTL.HS.7bis.a

Roos in't Velt, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2023 (Born Digital)

General Information

Title Jacob van Maerlant, <i>Historie van Troyen</i>
Shelfmarks Gent, Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal en Letteren, KANTL.HS.7bis.a
Former Shelfmarks Fragment-Willems
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Low Countries
Date of Origin second quarter 14th century (ca. 1350)
Script, Hands

Northern gothica textualis libraria.

Original Condition

Page Height 338 mm
Page Width 263 mm
Height of Written Area 278 – 280 mm
Width of Written Area 215 – 220 mm
Number of Columns 3
Width of Columns 55 – 60 mm
Number of Lines 53
Line Height 5 mm
Ruling Full lead-point ruling
Numbering

Foliation in upper margin of recto side in Roman numerals, in a later hand.

Current Condition

Extent 1 bifolium (1 leaf trimmed)
Dimensions 338 x 263 mm
More about the Current Condition

Part of the lower outer margin of fol. 42 is missing, while most of the outer column of fol. 47 has been trimmed away. Fol. 47 also contains several large holes, which have caused text loss to col. B especially.

Across the fragment, several inscriptions in several different early modern hands are visible.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Plain initials, alternately in red and blue ink. Red colour stroking. Guide letters visible in some places.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Persons Jacob van Maerlant
    • Text Language Middle Dutch
    • Title <i>Historien van Troyen</i>
    • Content Description
      • Fol. [1]: v. 38941-39252.
      • Fol. [2]: v. 40499-40810.

      Verses corresponding to De Pauw, Napoléon, and Edward Gaillard, eds., Die History van Troyen van Jacob van Maerlant, naar het vijftiendeeuwsche handschrift van Wessel van de Loe (Gent: Siffer, 1889), p. 310-319, 355-364.
    • fol. 42r
    • Edition Van Elslander, Antonin, ‘Twee onuitgegeven fragmenten van de Istory van Troyen van Jacob van Maerlant’, Verslagen en mededelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Taal- en Letterkunde, 3, 1946, 202-219.

History

Provenance

Fragment was discovered by Karel De Flou at the State Archives at Bruges, who attended Léonard Willems on the matter. The fragment was then possibly held by Willems until his death in 1938. Willems' archive was transferred to the Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal en Letteren in that year, this fragment was possibly part of this collection.
Persons and Institutions Léonard Willems (possible previous owner)

Host Volume

Title <i>Liber Receptorum bonorum nostrorum circa partes Rollariensis ab anno 1503-1533</i>
Date of Origin/Publication 1503-1533
Place of Origin/Publication Roeselare, St Michael's Church
Remarks

Fragment was used as cover for a register of the goods of St Michael's Church (Roeselare). When the host volume was restored in the 18th century, the fragment was removed from the host volume and transferred to the State Archives at Bruges.

Bibliography

  • Kienhorst, Hans, De handschriften van de Middelnederlandse ridderepiek: een codicologische beschrijving. Deel 1 (Deventer: Sub Rosa, 1988), 208.
  • Van Elslander, Antonin, ‘Twee onuitgegeven fragmenten van de Istory van Troyen van Jacob van Maerlant’, Verslagen en mededelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Taal- en Letterkunde, 3, 1946, 180-184, 202-219.
     https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_ver025194601_01/_ver025194601_01_0023.php
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