Jan van Boendale, Der leken spiegel
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Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.1588

Roos in't Velt, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2023 (Born Digital)
General Information
Title Jan van Boendale, <i>Der leken spiegel</i>
Shelfmarks Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.1588
Page/Folio Reference fol. 1-2
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Low Countries
Date of Origin Second half of the 15th century
Script, Hands
Northern gothica textualis libraria.
Original Condition
Page Height 313 mm
Page Width 220 mm
Height of Written Area 230 mm
Width of Written Area 155 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 70 mm
Number of Lines 40
Line Height 5 mm
Ruling Lead-point ruling
Numbering
- Early-modern numbering in the upper margin ('12', fol. 1r)
- Modern foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil (fol. 1r, 2r)
Collation
This was probably the outer bifolium of a quire.
Current Condition
Extent 1 bifolium
Dimensions 313 x 220 mm
More about the Current Condition
Bound in a modern cardboard codex.
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
Two-line pen-flourished initial (fol. 1v); versals in red and blue ink; rubrics in red; colour stroking in red; alternating red and blue paraphs.
Content
- Content Item
- Persons Jan van Boendale (author)
- Text Language Middle Dutch
- Title <i>Der leken spieghel</i>
- Content Description
- Fol. 1: Book 2, chapter 44, v. 482 - chapter 45, v. 39
- Fol. 2: Book 2, chapter 48, v. 562-721
- Edition Jan van Boendale, Der leken spieghel. Leerdicht van den jare 1330, ed. by Matthias de Vries (Leiden: Du Mortier en Zoon, 1844)
History
Persons and Institutions Part of the Ghent University Library collection since at least the late 19th century; it is unknown when the fragment entered this collection.
Bibliography
- Derolez, Albert, Medieval Manuscripts: Ghent University Library (Ghent: Snoeck, 2017), 236
Jan van Boendale, Der leken spieghel. Leerdicht van den jare 1330, ed. by Matthias de Vries (Leiden: Du Mortier en Zoon, 1844)
https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/boen001mvri01_01/index.php