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De boec van Catone

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Mechelen, Stadsarchief Mechelen, Verzameling van literaire fragmenten, Album I, voorlopig nr. 3/3

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

General Information

Title <i>De boec van Catone</i>
Shelfmarks Mechelen, Stadsarchief Mechelen, Verzameling van literaire fragmenten, Album I, voorlopig nr. 3/3
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Low Countries
Date of Origin second quarter of the 14th century
Script, Hands

Northern textualis gothica libraria, one hand.

Original Condition

Page Height 148 mm
Page Width 85 mm
Number of Columns 1
Number of Lines 20
Ruling No longer visible
Collation

Original one-column booklet possibly consisted of a single quire.
More about the Condition

Prickings visible in outer margin.

Current Condition

Extent 1 bifolium (part)
Dimensions 148 x 85 mm (le
More about the Current Condition

Fol. [1] was cut in half, with only the inner half of the leaf remaining.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Red plain initials, red colour stroking.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Middle Dutch
    • Title De boec van Catone
    • Content Description
      • Fol. [1]r: Prologue, v. 41 - I,4.
      • Fol. [1]v: I,4 - I, 10.
      • Fol. [2]r: II,17 - II, Prol. B.
      • Fol. [2]v: I, Prol. B. - III, Prol.
    • fol. [2]v-[1]r
    • Edition Buren, A.M.J. van, ed., Den Duytschen Catoen. Naar de Antwerpse druk van Henrick Eckert van Homberch (Hilversum: Verloren, 1998), p. 112-115.
    • Remarks

      Middle Dutch verse translation of the Distichs of Cato. The text was frequently used in education. The text was often memorised and written down afterwards, leading to minor differences between preserved copies of the text. 

      The text is also known under the title (Den) Dietsche Catoen.

Host Volume

Title Ledger ('kasboek') to the city of Mechelen, for the years 1409-1410
Date of Origin/Publication 1409-1410
Place of Origin/Publication Mechelen
Remarks

The fragment was used in the binding.

Bibliography

  • Sleiderink, Remco, ‘Op zoek naar Middelnederlandse literatuur in het Mechelen van de veertiende eeuw. Een tussenbalans’, Handelingen van de Koninklijke Kring voor Oudheidkunde, Letteren en Kunst van Mechelen, 114 (2010), 46.
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