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Middle Dutch Charlemagne romance

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Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.1646

Roos in't Velt, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2024 (Born Digital)

General Information

Title Middle Dutch Charlemagne romance
Shelfmarks Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.1646
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Western Flanders
Date of Origin last quarter of the 14th century
Script, Hands

Northern gothica textualis libraria/currens.

The fragments Brussels, KBR, II 719 (49) (fragment of Hugo van Bordeeus) and Leeuwarden, Tresoar, 1804 Hs. (fragment of Florigout) were written by the same hand.
General Remarks

The fragment was possibly part of a miscellany that contained several different chivalric romances. The fragments Brussels, KBR, II 719 (49) and Leeuwarden, Tresoar, 1804 Hs. may have come from this manuscript as well. 

Original Condition

Page Height at least 220 mm
Page Width at least 39 mm
Number of Columns 2
Number of Lines 50
Line Height 4 – 5 mm
Ruling No longer visible

Current Condition

Extent 1 strip
Dimensions 220 x 39 mm
More about the Current Condition

One horizontal strip.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Red plain initials.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Middle Dutch
    • Title Middle Dutch Carolingian romance
    • Content Description

      Charlemaine chivalric romance taking place in the Holy Land. The exact identity of the work is not known. The text mentions the characters Ghaleane, Karel, Ydier, Roelant, Hemeloen, Claroen, Belloen and Garijn, which identify it as a text in the matière de France tradition. The place names Jerusalem ('Jeruzalem') and Acre ('Akers') are mentioned as well.
    • fol. [1]r
    • Edition De Pauw, Napoléon, 'Fragmenten van ridder-romans', in: De Pauw, Napoléon, ed., Middelnederlandsche gedichten en fragmenten (Siffer, 1893), 551-554.

History

Provenance

Fragment was acquired and owned by Constant Serrure until his death in 1872. The fragment was later acquired by Ghent University Library.
Persons and Institutions Constant Serrure (previous owner, until 1872)

Host Volume

Remarks

Fragment was used in a book binding; the exact host volume is unknown.

Bibliography

  • Kienhorst, Hans, De handschriften van de Middelnederlandse ridderepiek. Een codicologische beschrijving (Sub Rosa, 1988), i, 230-231.
  • De Pauw, Napoléon, ed., Middelnederlandsche gedichten en fragmenten (Siffer, 1893), 550-554.
  • Kienhorst, Hans, and Herman Mulder, ‘Copiïsten van Middelnederlandse literaire handschriften’, Documentaal: informatie- en communicatiebulletin voor Neerlandici, 15.3 (1986), pp. 94
  • Derolez, Albert, Medieval Manuscripts. Ghent University Library (Snoeck, 2017), 243
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