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Jacob van Maerlant, Rijmbijbel

v. 17022-17116, 17117-17208, 17976-17996, 18119-18138, 20436-20527, 20528-20624, 20625-20671, 20765-20810

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

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

General Information

Title Jacob van Maerlant, <i>Rijmbijbel</i>
Shelfmarks Gent, Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal en Letteren, KANTL.HS.7bis.e
Former Shelfmarks KANTL : 12
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Low Countries
Date of Origin late 14th century
Script, Hands

Northern gothica textualis libraria.

Original Condition

Page Height 310 mm
Page Width 217 mm
Height of Written Area 229 – 230 mm
Width of Written Area 147 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 67 – 68 mm
Number of Lines 46
Line Height 5 mm
Ruling Full lead-point ruling
More about the Condition

Running titles ('Godolyas / lib[er]', 'Alexander / lib[er]') in upper margin.

Current Condition

Extent 4 bifolia (trimmed, bound)
Dimensions 310 x 217 mm
More about the Current Condition

The lower inner margin of fol. [1] is missing, while only the upper part of the inner column of fol. [2] is preserved. Fol. [3] was never trimmed, while the outer column of fol. [4] was trimmed. The leaves were used as pastedowns, leading to some parts of the text being darkened.

Fragments are bound in a cardboard binding, with handwritten notes in pencil by Napoleon de Pauw.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Red plain initials, red rubrication, red colour stroking.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Persons Jacob van Maerlant
    • Text Language Middle Dutch
    • Title <i>Rijmbijbel</i>
    • Content Description
      • Fol. [1]r: v. 17022-17116.
      • Fol. [1]v: v. 17117-17208.
      • Fol. [2]r: v. 17976-17996.
      • Fol. [2]v: v. 18119-18138.
      • Fol. [3]r: v. 20436-20527.
      • Fol. [3]v: v. 20528-20624.
      • Fol. [4]r: v. 20625-20671.
      • Fol. [4]v: v. 20765-20810.
    • fol. [1]r
    • Edition Gysseling, Maurits, ed., Jacob van Maerlant, Rijmbijbel, Corpus van Middelnederlandse teksten (tot en met het jaar 1300), 2 (Leiden, 1983), iii, p. 103v-105r, 109v-110v, 124r-126v <https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/maer002mgys01_01/>

History

Provenance

Fragments were donated to the Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal en Letteren by Pieter Génard on 19 October 1892.
Remarks

The fragments were discovered in Antwerp in 1887 by the archivist of the city of Antwerp, Pieter Génard.
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