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Jacob van Maerlant, Philip Utenbroeke and Lodewijk van Velthem, Spiegel historiael

Fragments from Parts I, II and IV

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Brugge, Stads- en O.C.M.W.-archief Brugge, reeks 538: Fragmenten van handschriften, nr. 24

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

General Information

Title Jacob van Maerlant, <i>Spiegel historiael</i>
Shelfmarks Brugge, Stads- en O.C.M.W.-archief Brugge, reeks 538: Fragmenten van handschriften, nr. 24
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Holland
Date of Origin ca. 1400
Script, Hands

Northern gothica textualis formata, two hands (additions to main text done in a different hand).

General Remarks

Fragments of the same manuscript can be found in: Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.2541 (1-16); Brussels, KBR IV 543, IV 827 (1 and 2), IV 828 and IV 1001; Leiden, Leiden University Library, Ltk 2179; and Olim Sint Anna ter Muiden, z.s.

This original manuscript is also known under the name 'four-column Spiegel Historiael'. Currently, 32 leaves of the manuscript are preserved as fragments.

Original Condition

Page Height 425 mm
Page Width 320 mm
Height of Written Area 335 – 355 mm
Width of Written Area 250 mm
Number of Columns 4
Width of Columns 52 – 55 mm
Number of Lines 75 – 77
Line Height 4 – 5 mm
Numbering

Medieval foliation using Roman numerals in upper margin ('xix', 'xxxviij').

Collation

Catchwords ('Een wonder groot hoort hier lesen') on fol. [7]v.

More about the Condition

Prickings visible on both sides of leaf.

Current Condition

Extent 9 leaves (1 trimmed); 1 part
Dimensions 405 x 305 mm
More about the Current Condition

Several of the leaves contain later-added annotations, both on the contents of the respective host volumes the fragments were used in, as well as the content of the leaves themselves (which were added in the 20th century).

A fragment from a different leaf was added to fol. [6] with a pin.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Cadel with black ornamental (and sometimes figurative) penwork on most top lines.

Plain initials, alternately in red and blue ink. Red rubrication, red colour stroking. 

Content

  • Content Item
    • Persons Jacob van Maerlant (author); Philip Utenbroeke (author); Lodewijk van Velthem (author)
    • Text Language Middle Dutch
    • Title <i>Spiegel historiael</i>
    • Content Description
      • Fol. [1] (xix): Partie I, Book 4, Cap. 11, v. 19 - Cap. 28, v. 6.
      • Fol. [2]: Partie I, Book 6, Cap. 28, v. 34 - Cap. 40, v. 12.
      • Fol. [3]: Partie I, Book 6, Cap. 40, v. 13 - Cap. 49, v 41.
      • Fol. [4] (xxxviij): Partie I, Book 7, Cap. 21, v. 30 - Cap. 31, v. 80.
      • Fol. [5]: Partie I, Book 7, Cap. 43, v. 40 - Cap. 52, v. 28.
      • Fol. [6]: Partie I, Book 8, Cap. 34, v. 101 - Cap. 42, v. 36.
      • Fol. [7]: Partie I, Book 8, Cap. 42, v.37 - Cap. 54, v. 30.
      • Fol. [6]a (small fragment, stuck to fol. [6]): Partie II, Book 1, Cap. 87, v. 78-81 and Cap. 89, v. 13-16.
      • Fol. [8] (lxxx): Partie II, Book 3, Cap. 10 - Cap. 20, v. 201.
      • Fol. [9] (lxxxj): Partie II, Book 3, Cap. 21, v. 1 - Cap. 28, v. 122
      • Fol. [10] (lxiij): Partie IV, Book 7, Cap. 43, v. 40 - Cap. 52, v. 28. 

History

Remarks

Original manuscript consisted of circa 310 leaves, which were divided in four books.

The manuscript was possibly cut into fragments around ca. 1650. Most of the fragments were rediscovered between 1862 and 1905; one fragment was discovered in 1983.

Host Volume

Title Different registers kept by water boards, polders, lordships and parishes from the Brugse Vrije in the 16th and 17th century
Date of Origin/Publication between 1659 and 1700
Place of Origin/Publication Brugse Vrije (Bruges, Lissewege, Slijpe, Koopmanspolder (Oostkerke))
Remarks

Fragments were all used as covers of different registers kept by water boards, polders, lordships and parishes in the Brugse Vrije in the second half of the 17th century, according to later-added annotations: 'Groote hoofdijnghe vande geheele proch[ie] van Slijpe in Camerlijnghe ambt [...] anno 1680', fol. [1]/xix; 'Belegherthede vande Jurisdictie ende paelen der heerlichede [...] binnen der stede van Brugghe 1676', fol. [2]; 'Ommelooper vander goede[...] de anno 1659' and 'Beterdijnghe der prochie van Lissewege de anno 1694', both fol. [3]; 'La Rue als Collecteur vande naerscreuen prochie / Rollen Canonyck landen de anno 1683', fol. [4]; 'geheele parochie van Slijpe', fol. [6]; 'anno 1699 ad 1700', fol. [7]; 'Ommeloopere vande Coopmans poldere', fol. [8]

Fragments from the same manuscript (see above) were also used in archival documents around the Brugse Vrije, but were transferred to different libraries and archives upon their respective discoveries.

Bibliography

  • Biemans, Jos A. A. M., Onsen Speghele Ystoriale in Vlaemsche. Codicologisch onderzoek naar de overlevering van de Spiegel historiael van Jacob van Maerlant, Philip Utenbroeke en Lodewijk van Velthem, met een beschrijving van de handschriften en fragmenten, Schrift en Schriftdragers in de Nederlanden in de Middeleeuwen, 2, 2 vols (Leuven: Peeters, 1997), p. 355-359.
  • Deschamps, Jan, Middelnederlandse handschriften uit Europese en Amerikaanse bibliotheken, Koninklijke Zuidnederlandse maatschappij voor taal- en letterkunde en geschiedenis. Handelingen, 24, 2de herz. dr. (Leiden: Brill, 1972), p. 100-101.
     https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/desc001midd01_01/desc001midd01_01_0034.php
  • Geirnaert, Dirk, and Noël Geirnaert, ‘Een onbekend gebleven Spiegel historiael-fragment: nieuw materiaal van Lodewijk van Velthems aandeel in de Vierde Partie’, Verslagen en Mededelingen van de Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal en Letteren, 116.1 (2006), 147–72.
     https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_ver016200601_01/_ver016200601_01_0011.php
  • Deschamps, Jan, ‘De fragmenten van twee handschriften van de “Spiegel historiael” in vier kolommen’, in Hulde-album Prof. Dr. J. F. Vanderheyden, ed. by Herman Servotte and Jan Frans Vanderheyden (Langemark: Vonksteen, 1970)
  • Biemans, Jos A. A. M., ‘Nieuwe fragmenten van handschriften van de “Spiegel Historiael” in vier kolommen’, Tijdschrift voor nederlandse taal- en letterkunde, 99 (1983), 1–20.
     https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_tij003198301_01/_tij003198301_01_0001.php
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