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Jacob van Maerlant, Alexanders geesten

fragments from books 9 and 10

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Gent, Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal en Letteren, KANTL.HS.7bis.d

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

General Information

Title Jacob van Maerlant, <i>Alexanders geesten</i>
Shelfmarks Gent, Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal en Letteren, KANTL.HS.7bis.d
Material Paper
Place of Origin Flanders
Date of Origin third quarter 15th century
Script, Hands

Gothica cursiva formata/libraria, several hands.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 213 mm
Page Width 172 mm
Height of Written Area at least 196 mm
Width of Written Area 122 – 128 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 50 – 55 mm
Number of Lines 33 – 42
Line Height 5 – 6 mm
Ruling Vertical blind-point ruling
More about the Condition

Irregular layout. Number of lines per page differs between columns of 33-37 lines and 39-42 lines.

Current Condition

Extent 7 leaves (trimmed), 2 strips and 1 part (all part of the same leaf, with the strips bound)
Dimensions 213 x 172 mm
More about the Current Condition

Lower parts of all leaves are trimmed. Several fragments contain both columns while others contain only one column and part of the inner margin.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Red plain initials, red colour stroking.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Middle Dutch
    • Title <i>Die hystorie vanden grooten Coninck Alexander</i>
    • Content Description

      Excerpt from Cap. XLIIJ, 'Hoe Alexander die doncker zee bestont'.
    • fol. [1]r
    • Remarks

      Prose text about the life of Alexander the Great. The text is largely adapted from the Alexander chapters in Jacob van Maerlant's Spiegel Historiael.
  • Content Item
    • Persons Jacob van Maerlant
    • Title <i>Alexanders geesten</i>
    • Content Description
      • Fol. [1]r, col. A: Contains a crossed-out text in prose. Book IX, v. 745 - 757.
      • Fol. [1]r, col. B: Book IX, v. 762 - 791.
      • Fol. [1]v, col. A: Book IX, v. 797 - 828.
      • Fol. [1]v, col. B: Book IX, v. 832 - 863.
      • Fol. [2]r, col. A: Book IX, v. 868 - 899.
      • Fol. [2]r, col. B: lost.
      • Fol. [2]v, col. A: Book IX, v. 934 - 964.
      • Fol. [2]v, col. B: Book IX, v. 969 - 1000.
      • Fol. [3]r, col. A: Book IX, v. 1006 - 1036.
      • Fol. [3]r, col. B: lost.
      • Fol. [3]v, col. A: Book IX, v. 1079 - 1109.
      • Fol. [3]v, col. B: Book IX, v. 1114 - 1146.
      • Fol. [4]r, col. A: Book IX, v.  1150 - 1180.
      • Fol. [4]r, col. B: lost.
      • Fol. [4]v, col. A: Book IX, v. 1221 - 1249.
      • Fol. [4]v, col. B: Book IX, v. 1254 - 1285.
      • Fol. [5]r, col. A: Book IX, v. 1290 - 1320.
      • Fol. [5]r, col. B: Book IX, v. 1334; 1349 - 1352 (the copiist has skipped v. 1326 - 1333 and v. 1335 - 1348). Book X, v. 1 - 25.
      • Fol. [5]v, col. A: Book X, v. 30 - 62.
      • Fol. [5]v, col. B: Book X, v. 67 - 99.
      • Fol. [6]r, col. A: Book X, v. 104 - 133.
      • Fol. [6]r, col. B: Book X, v. 137 - 168.
      • Fol. [6]v, col. A: Book X, v. 171 - 202.
      • Fol. [6]v, col. A: Book X, v. 206 - 236.
      • Fol. [7]r, col. A: Book X, v. 241 - 270.
      • Fol. [7]r, col. B: Book X, v. 275 - 304.
      • Fol. [7]v, col. A: Book X, v. 309 - 341.
      • Fol. [7]v, col. B: Book X, v. 346 - 380.
      • Fol. [8]r, col. A: Book X, v. 386 - 418.
      • Fol. [8]r, col. B: Book X, v. 425 - 460.
      • Fol. [8]v, col. A: Book X, v. 467 - 502.
      • Fol. [8]v, col. B: Book X, v. 507 - 543.
    • fol. [1]r
    • Edition Antonin Van Elslander, ‘Een onuitgegeven fragment van “Alexanders Geesten”’, Verslagen en mededelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Taal- en Letterkunde, 1953 (1953), pp. 128–57.
    • Remarks

      The fragments were not part of a complete copy of Alexanders geesten, as the text starts in the middle of Book IX, after a crossed-out prayer.

History

Provenance

The fragments were sold by book seller Camille Vyt to Léonard Willems in 1898, alongside fragments of the Roman van Heinric ende Margriete van Limborch (F-m26t on Fragmentarium). The fragments were transferred to the collection of the Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal en Letteren after Willems' death in 1938.
Persons and Institutions Camille Vyt (book seller, until 1898); Léonard Willems (previous owner, between 1898-1938)

Bibliography

  • Kienhorst, Hans, De handschriften van de Middelnederlandse ridderepiek: een codicologische beschrijving. Deel 1 (Deventer: Sub Rosa, 1988), 12-13.

  • Antonin Van Elslander, ‘Een onuitgegeven fragment van “Alexanders Geesten”’, Verslagen en mededelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Taal- en Letterkunde, 1953 (1953), pp. 123–57.

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