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Middle Dutch prayer book

Liturgical calendar for July and August (fol. 5); Prayers to the Virgin Mary, containing parts of the Fifteen Salutations and the Seven Sorrows of Our Lady (fol. 78-91)

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Antwerpen, Universiteitsbibliotheek Antwerpen Bijzondere Collecties, MAG-P 64.73

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

General Information

Title Middle Dutch prayer book
Shelfmarks Antwerpen, Universiteitsbibliotheek Antwerpen Bijzondere Collecties, MAG-P 64.73
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Northern Low Countries, possibly Holland
Date of Origin 15th century
Script, Hands

Gothica hybrida formata. Calendar (fol. 5) written in a smaller hand than the prayers (fol. 78-91).

Original Condition

Page Height 122 mm
Page Width 88 mm
Height of Written Area 79 mm
Width of Written Area 52 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 24 mm
Number of Lines 24
Line Height 3 mm
Ruling Lead-point ruling (frame)
Numbering

Modern foliation in upper right corner in pencil, using Arabic numerals.
Collation

Original manuscript had quires of at least four bifolia.
More about the Condition

Measurements to fol. 78-91.

Current Condition

Extent 1 leaf, 2 bifolia
Dimensions 122 x 88 mm

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Pen-flourished initials with marginal extensions, alternately in red and blue ink (fol. 5, 91). Plain initials and versals, alternately in red and blue ink. Red rubrication (fol. 5, 91), red underlining, red colour stroking.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Middle Dutch
    • Title Calendar use of Utrecht
    • fol. 5r
    • Remarks

      Liturgical calendar for the months July and August.
  • Content Item
    • Text Language Middle Dutch
    • Title Prayers to the Virgin Mary
    • fol. 78r
  • Content Item
    • Text Language Middle Dutch
    • Title Fifteen salutations to the Virgin Mary
    • fol. 84r
    • Secondary Literature Deschamps, Jan, and Herman Mulder, Inventaris van de Middelnederlandse handschriften van de Koninklijke bibliotheek van België, 15 vols (Brussel: Koninklijke Bibliotheek van Belgie, 1998), vol. xv, p. 86 (G28).
    • Remarks

      Middle Dutch version of a prayer sometimes attributed to Thomas de Aquino. A different Middle Dutch translation of the same prayer can be found in: Indestege, Luc, ed., Een Diets gebedenboek uit het begin der zestiende eeuw, herkomstig uit het voormalig klooster Sint-Hieronymusdal te Sint-Truiden (Gent: Koninklijke Vlaamse academie voor taal- en letterkunde, 1961), p. 209-210.
  • Content Item
    • Text Language Middle Dutch
    • Title Prayers to the Seven Sorrows of the Virgin Mary under the Cross
    • Content Description

      Fragment is defective and contains the first up to the fifth Sorrow.
    • fol. 84v, 91r
    • Secondary Literature Deschamps, Jan, and Herman Mulder, Inventaris van de Middelnederlandse handschriften van de Koninklijke bibliotheek van België, 15 vols (Brussel: Koninklijke Bibliotheek van Belgie, 1998), xv, p. 138 (G292).
    • Remarks

      A different Middle Dutch translation of the same prayer can be found in: Indestege, Luc, ed., Een Diets gebedenboek uit het begin der zestiende eeuw, herkomstig uit het voormalig klooster Sint-Hieronymusdal te Sint-Truiden (Gent: Koninklijke Vlaamse academie voor taal- en letterkunde, 1961), p. 234-236.

History

Provenance

From the collection of Marcus De Schepper, who donatd his collection of medieval fragments to Antwerp University in 2019.
Persons and Institutions Marcus De Schepper (previous owner)
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