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Jacob van Maerlant, Rijmbijbel

v. 31747-31905 (Die wrake van Jerusalem)

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Mechelen, Stadsarchief Mechelen, V 736A

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

General Information

Title Jacob van Maerlant, Rijmbijbel
Shelfmarks Mechelen, Stadsarchief Mechelen, V 736A
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Low Countries
Date of Origin second half 14th century
Script, Hands

Northern gothica textualis libraria.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 286 mm
Page Width 202 mm
Height of Written Area 239 mm
Width of Written Area 153 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns at least 35 mm
Number of Lines 40
Line Height 5 – 6 mm
Ruling Lead-point ruling
More about the Condition

Prickings visible in outer margin.

Current Condition

Extent 1 leaf (trimmed)
Dimensions 286 x 202 mm
More about the Current Condition

Part of upper margin has been trimmed, and a large hole is cut in the middle part of the leaf's outer margins; this has lead to minor text loss.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Champ initials with marginal extensions; red colour stroking.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Persons Jacob van Maerlant
    • Text Language Middle Dutch
    • Title Rijmbijbel
    • Content Description

      Die Wrake van Jerusalem, Chapter LXXII ('Hoe Tytus dede maken III toren'), v. 31747-31905.
    • fol. [1]r
    • Edition De Pauw, Napoléon, ed., Middelnederlandsche gedichten en fragmenten, II: Wereldlijke gedichten (Gent: Siffer, 1903), p. 136-141.
    • Remarks

      An adaptation of Flavius Josephus' De bello Judaico in Middle Dutch verse.

Host Volume

Remarks

The fragment was used as a limp binding cover for a small volume that was about 10 mm thick.

Bibliography

  • De Pauw, Napoléon, ed., Middelnederlandsche gedichten en fragmenten, II: Wereldlijke gedichten (Gent: Siffer, 1903), p. 136-141.
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