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Henricus de Mondavilla, Chirurgia, Middle Dutch translation

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Brugge, Stads- en O.C.M.W.-archief Brugge, reeks 538: Fragmenten van handschriften, nr. 20

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

General Information

Title Henricus de Mondavilla, <i>Chirurgia</i>, Middle Dutch translation
Shelfmarks Brugge, Stads- en O.C.M.W.-archief Brugge, reeks 538: Fragmenten van handschriften, nr. 20
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Low Countries
Date of Origin 14th century
Script, Hands

Northern gothica textualis libraria.

Original Condition

Page Height 278 mm
Page Width 194 mm
Height of Written Area 266 mm
Width of Written Area 140 – 150 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 68 – 70 mm
Number of Lines 40
Line Height 5 – 6 mm
Ruling Full lead-point ruling
More about the Condition

Ruling only executed on fol. [1]r. There was no vertical line executed in the outer margin, making it difficult to determine the text's original width.

Writing only executed in the first column of fol. [1]r.

Current Condition

Extent 1 leaf
Dimensions 278 x 194 mm
More about the Current Condition

The text has largely faded, making it difficult to read.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Red plain initial, red colour stroking.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Persons Henricus de Mondavilla (original author)
    • Text Language Middle Dutch
    • Title <i>Chirurgia</i>, in Middle Dutch translation
    • Content Description

      The fragment contains the final rubric (a description on how to cure wounds) and the explicit of the text.
    • fol. [1]r
    • Edition Geirnaert, Dirk, and Noël Geirnaert, ‘Wannneer die cuere in wonden wert: signalering van een onbekend artes-fragment’, in Een school spierinkjes: kleine opstellen over Middelnederlandse artes-literatuur, ed. by W. P. Gerritsen, Annelies Van Gijsen, and Orlanda S. H. Lie, Middeleeuwse studies en bronnen, 26 (Hilversum: Verloren, 1991), pp. 66
    • Remarks

      Original manuscript contained an abridged Middle Dutch version of the original text. 

History

Provenance

The fragment was originally kept in the Collection of Prints and Drawings of the City of Bruges. Fragment was acquired by the Bruges City Archives in 1988.

Bibliography

  • Geirnaert, Dirk, and Noël Geirnaert, ‘Wannneer die cuere in wonden wert: signalering van een onbekend artes-fragment’, in Een school spierinkjes: kleine opstellen over Middelnederlandse artes-literatuur, ed. by W. P. Gerritsen, Annelies Van Gijsen, and Orlanda S. H. Lie, Middeleeuwse studies en bronnen, 26 (Hilversum: Verloren, 1991), pp. 62–67.
  • Geirnaert, Dirk, ‘Een spierinkje weer opgehaald: een nieuwe Middelnederlandse tekstgetuige van Henri de Mondeville’s Chirurgia’, Spiegel der Letteren, 37.1 (1995), 39–43.
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