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Fasciculus mirre

Meditations on the life of Christ, in Middle Dutch

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Leuven, Archief van de Abdij van Park, VIIIB20/153a; VIIIB20/153b; VIIIB20/153c

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

General Information

Title <i>Fasciculus mirre</i>
Shelfmarks Leuven, Archief van de Abdij van Park, VIIIB20/153a; VIIIB20/153b; VIIIB20/153c
Material Paper
Place of Origin Low Countries
Date of Origin early to mid 16th century
Script, Hands

Gothica hybrida formata.
General Remarks

The three fragments all belonged to the same manuscript, as did VIIIB20/153d (F-0pb1, a fragment of a Middle Dutch translation of Henricus Suso, Horologium sapientiae). The original manuscript was therefore possibly a composite manuscript containing different Middle Dutch devotional treatises.

Original Condition

Page Height 134 – 135 mm
Page Width 92 – 93 mm
Height of Written Area 97 – 100 mm
Width of Written Area 62 – 65 mm
Number of Columns 1
Width of Columns 62 – 65 mm
Number of Lines 18
Line Height 5 – 6 mm
Ruling Full lead-point ruling
More about the Condition

Fragment VIIIB20/153a belonged to the same quire as VIIIB20/153b, with the latter serving as the inner two leaves of the quire, and VIIIB20/153a as the outer bifolium of VIIIB20/153b.

Current Condition

Extent 10 leaves (8 bound in 2 separate quires; 1 seperate bifolium)
Dimensions 135 x 93 mm

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Red plain initials and versals (VIIIB20/153c, fol. [2]r-v, [3]v, [4]v). Red colour stroking, red rubrication (VIIIB20/153c, fol. [4]v).

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Middle Dutch
    • Title <i>Fasciculus mirre</i>
    • Content Description
      • First quire (VIIIB20/153c): Fifth and sixth article on the Last Supper.
      • Second quire (VIIIB20/153a-b): Sixth article on Christ's Ascension.
    • VIIIB20/153c, fol. [1]r
    • Edition Fasciculus myrre. Een sonderlinge devote materie van die passie Jesu, vergadert van eenen geesteliken broeder, van die minrebroeders oorden van Colen (Antwerpen: by de weduwe van Henrijck Peetersen, 1550) <https://books.google.be/books?id=KZUxVnOtgdgC>
    • Remarks

      Middle Dutch translation of a devotional treatise from the early 16th century, made by an anonymous Franciscan from Cologne. The text contains meditations on the life of Christ, especially in relation to the Passion.
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