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Constant du Hamel

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Gent, Rijksarchief te Gent, Decanaal archief Oudenaarde, voorlopig nr. VI. II

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

General Information

Title <i>De Constant du Hamel</i>
Shelfmarks Oudenaarde, Stadsarchief Oudenaarde, Decanaal archief, voorlopig nr. VI. II
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Northern France
Date of Origin late 13th century
Script, Hands

Northern gothica textualis libraria.

Original Condition

Number of Columns 2
Ruling Full blind-point ruling
More about the Condition

Prickings visible in outer margin.

Current Condition

Extent 1 leaf (trimmed)
More about the Current Condition

Top and bottom halves of fragment are trimmed.

Fragment contains later-added inscription in margin of fol. [1]r: 'elseghem gyselbrech[tegem] MANUALE'.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Pen-flourished initials, alternately in red and blue ink.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Old French
    • Title <i>De Constant du Hamel</i>
    • fol. [1]r
    • Edition Jodogne, Omer, ‘Des fragments d’un nouveau manuscrit de Constant du Hamel, fabliau du XIIIe siècle’, Le Moyen Âge, 69 (1963), 405–16
    • Remarks

      Fabliau in Old French. Presumably part of a larger collection of fabliaux.

History

Provenance

Fragment was kept in the archives of St Walpurga's church (Oudenaarde) before being transferred to the Oudenaarde city archives.

Host Volume

Remarks

The fragment was presumably used as a cover for archival documents related to the villages of Elsegem and Gijzelbrechtegem, two villages close to Oudenaarde, according to the provenance note on fol. [1]r. This probably happened sometime during the 16th or 17th century.

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