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Jacob van Maerlant, Spiegel historiael

Partie III, Book IV, Cap. 12-14 (fol. [1]); 18-21 (fol. [2])

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Oudenaarde, Stadsarchief Oudenaarde, Oud archief stad Oudenaarde, nr. 484, Van Hembyse, losgemaakte fragmenten, fragment 1

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

General Information

Title Jacob van Maerlant, <i>Spiegel historiael</i>
Shelfmarks Oudenaarde, Stadsarchief Oudenaarde, Oud archief stad Oudenaarde, nr. 484, Van Hembyse, losgemaakte fragmenten, fragment 1
Material Paper
Place of Origin Low Countries
Date of Origin 15th century
Script, Hands

Northern gothica textualis currens.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 222 mm
Page Width at least 217 mm
Height of Written Area at least 205 mm
Width of Written Area 150 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 74 – 80 mm
Number of Lines at least 45
Line Height 5 mm
Ruling Lead-point ruling (frame)
More about the Condition

Running titles in upper margin ('den iiiiden boec', fol. [1]r).

Current Condition

Extent 1 bifolium (trimmed)
Dimensions 222 x 217 mm (leaf)
More about the Current Condition

Lower margin of the bifolium, as well as the outer margin of fol. [1]r, have been trimmed away. Certain parts of the text are difficult to read due to the quality of the paper having degraded over the years.

Fragment was conserved in 2010 in the context of the general restoration effort of the host volume.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Initials with interior reserved shapes in red ink. Red colour stroking, red paraphs.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Persons Jacob van Maerlant
    • Text Language Middle Dutch
    • Title <i>Spiegel historiael</i>
    • Content Description
      • Fol. [1]r: Partie III, Book IV, Cap. XII. v. 27 - XIII, v. 25.
      • Fol. [1]v: Partie III, Book IV, Cap. XIII, v. 34 - XIV, v. 44.
      • Fol. [2]r: Partie III, Book IV, Cap. XVIII, v. 61 - XIX, unclear.
      • Fol. [2]v: Partie III, Book IV, Cap. XX, v. 1 - Cap. XXI, v. 31.
    • fol. [2]v-[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, dl. 1 vols (E.J. Brill, Leiden, 1863), p. 2221-2223, 2230-2233.

Host Volume

Title Register of receipts related to the lordship of Bavegem, for the years 1470-1568
Date of Origin/Publication 1518 - 1568
Place of Origin/Publication Lordship of Bavegem (Moen), East Flanders
Shelfmark Oudenaarde, Stadsarchief Oudenaarde, Oud archief stad Oudenaarde, nr. 484, Genealogie Van Hembuyse, Ontvangsten Bavegem
Remarks

The fragment was used in the host volume's binding together with different fragments from, among others, a hymnal and a schoolbook.

Fragment was discovered in the binding of the host volume in 2005, and was removed from the binding in 2010, during the restauration of the host volume.

Bibliography

  • Roos in’t Velt and Paul Trio, ‘Jacob van Maerlant in een boekband. Een uniek Spiegel Historiael-fragment uit Oudenaarde’, G/OUD, 5.1 (2025), pp. 42–62.

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