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Jacob van Maerlant, Rijmbijbel

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Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.1639/2

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

General Information

Title Jacob van Maerlant, <i>Rijmbijbel</i>
Shelfmarks Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.1639/2
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Brabant
Date of Origin first half of the fourteenth century
Script, Hands

Scribe is also identified as the <i>Ferguut</i> scribe (fl. 1325-1350).

Original Condition

Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 58 – 60 mm
Line Height 3 – 4 mm
Ruling Lead-point ruling
Numbering

Modern foliation using Roman numerals. The fragments are numbered 'I' and 'II' in pencil.

Current Condition

Extent 2 strips (bound)
Dimensions 42 x 148 mm
More about the Current Condition

The strips are mounted on a paper stub. The fragments are bound into a small volume with another Rijmbijbel fragment and added notes by Willem De Vreese.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Persons
    • Text Language Middle Dutch
    • Title <i>Rijmbijbel</i>
    • Content Description
      • Fragm. I: 
        • fol. [1]ra: v. 12920-29
        • fol. [1]rb: v. 12969-79
        • fol. [1]va: v. 13019-29
        • fol. [1]vb: v. 13068-77
      • Fragm. II:
        • fol. [2]ra: v. 13118-27
        • fol. [2]rb: v. 13168-78
        • fol. [2]va: v. 13217-26
        • fol. [2]vb: v. 13266-75
    • fragm. I & II, recto
    • Edition Gysseling, Maurits, ed., Jacob van Maerlant, Rijmbijbel, Corpus van Middelnederlandse teksten (tot en met het jaar 1300), 2 (Leiden, 1983), iii <https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/maer002mgys01_01/>

History

Provenance

In the collection of the Ghent University Library since the nineteenth century.

Host Volume

Title Justus Lipsius, <i>Die Heylighe Maghet van Halle</i>
Date of Origin/Publication 1643
Place of Origin/Publication Brussels
Persons Justus Lipsius (author) Huybrecht Anthoon Velpius (printer)
Remarks

Fragments were used for book binding.

Bibliography

  • Gysseling, Maurits, ed., Jacob van Maerlant, Rijmbijbel, Corpus van Middelnederlandse teksten (tot en met het jaar 1300), 2 (Leiden, 1983), iii
     <https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/maer002mgys01_01/>
  • Derolez, Albert, Medieval Manuscripts: Ghent University Library (Ghent: Snoeck, 2017), p. 242
  • Hutter, Matanja, ‘Inventaris van de Rijmbijbel-handschriften’, in De Rijmbijbel van Jacob van Maerlant: het oudste geïllustreerde handschrift in het Nederlands, ed. by Bram Caers and Jan Pauwels (Amsterdam: University Press, 2023), p. 15
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