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Jacob van Maerlant, Spiegel historiael

Partie I, Book V, chapters 30-36

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Antwerpen, Rijksarchief te Antwerpen, Verzameling Losse Aanwinsten, nr. 147.1

Laurent Breeus-Loos, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2021 (Born Digital)

Remarks by the Editor

Additional remarks by Roos in't Velt, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2023.

General Information

Title Jacob van Maerlant, <i>Spiegel historiael</i>
Shelfmarks Antwerpen, Rijksarchief te Antwerpen, Verzameling Losse Aanwinsten, nr. 147.1
Former Shelfmarks nr. 15
Material Parchment
Place of Origin South-eastern Flanders
Date of Origin first half of the 14th century
Script, Hands

Northern gothica textualis libraria

Original Condition

Page Height 312 mm
Page Width at least 207 mm
Height of Written Area 225 mm
Width of Written Area 168 mm
Number of Columns 3
Width of Columns 49 – 50 mm
Number of Lines 50
Line Height 4 – 5 mm
Ruling Full lead-point ruling, prickings in upper and lower margin (side margin trimmed)
More about the Condition

Although the side margins are slightly trimmed (no prickings visible), the current dimensions still give a good indication of he original dimensions.

Current Condition

Extent 1 leaf
Dimensions 312 x 206-207 mm

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Pen-flourished initials (initials in blue with pen-flourishes in red, initials in red with pen-flourishes in blue), rubrics (red), paraphs (red, blue).

Content

  • Content Item
    • Persons Jacob van Maerlant
    • Text Language Middle Dutch
    • Title Jacob van Maerlant, Spiegel historiael
    • Content Description

      Spiegel historiael, Partie I, Book V, chapter 30, verse 61 - chapter 36, verse 20.

      • Fol. [1]r: Book V, chap. 30, v. 61 - chap. 33, v. 57.
      • Fol. [1]v: Book V, chap. 33, v. 58 - chap. 36, v. 20.
    • fol. [1]r
    • Edition De Vries, M., and E. Verwijs, eds., Jacob van Maerlant’s Spiegel Historiael met de fragmenten der later toegevoegde gedeelten, bewerkt door Philip Utenbroeke en Lodewijc van Velthem, vol. 1 (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1863)
    • Remarks

      According to Croenen (1992) the text of the fragment often contains better readings than the edition of De Vries & Verwijs (1863), in particular for the proper names.

History

Origin

On the basis of dialectal features Biemans concludes that the manuscript was probably copied in the south-eastern part of the county of Flanders. 
Provenance

The host volume with the fragment was kept by the church of Merksplas until 1965, when it was transferred to the State Archives at Antwerpen.
Remarks

The fragment was discovered and identified by Godfried Croenen in 1992.

Host Volume

Title Parish register of Merksplas
Date of Origin/Publication 17th century (between 1604-1653)
Place of Origin/Publication Merksplas, Brabant, Low Countries
Shelfmark Antwerp, Rijksarchief te Antwerpen, Parochieregisters Merksplas, inv. nr. 1bis h
Remarks

Fragment was used as a register cover. According to a 17th-century note on fol. [1]r, this register contained deaths and marriages in the parish of Merksplas between 1604 and 1653 ('liber mortuorum et conjugatorum ab anno 1604 usque 1653').

Bibliography

  • Croenen, Godfried, ‘Twee onbekende fragmenten van de Spiegel historiael’, Verslagen en mededelingen van de Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde, 1992, 271–87

     https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_ver016199201_01/_ver016199201_01_0017.php
  • 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, 2 vols. (Leuven: Peeters, 1997), p. 365-66, no. 13.
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