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Unidentified Middle Dutch Charlemagne romance, presumably Wybeert van Andernaken

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Antwerpen, Ruusbroecgenootschap, Neerl. 15/2

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

General Information

Title Unidentified Middle Dutch Charlemagne romance
Shelfmarks Antwerpen, Ruusbroecgenootschap, Neerl. 15/2
Former Shelfmarks Fragm. Averbode B
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Western Low Countries, presumably Holland or Utrecht
Date of Origin third quarter 14th century
Script, Hands

Littera gothica textualis libraria. One hand.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 240 mm
Page Width at least 170 mm
Width of Written Area at least 128 mm
Number of Columns 2
Number of Lines at least 20
Ruling Full lead-point ruling

Current Condition

Extent 1 bifolium (fragments; restored)
Dimensions 85 x 310 mm
More about the Current Condition

2 fragments (strips) of 1 bifolium. Fragments were pasted to each other at an unknown point.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

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No decoration visible.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Middle Dutch
    • Title <i>Wybeert van Andernaken</i> (presumedly)
    • fol. [1]r
    • Edition Stracke, Desideer A., ‘Een onbekende Frankische roman’, Tijdschrift voor taal en letteren, 15.4–5 (1927), 140–4
    • Remarks

      The text has not yet been identified with confidence nor has an Old French source text been identified. It has been hypothesized that this fragment represents the remnants of an originally Middle Dutch 'Charlemagne romance'. This attribution is based on the mentions of a letter addressed to King Louis and Wybeert, king of Andrenaken with seals of 'beyerem, oestrike, brandenborch en andernaken' on fol. [1]r. Other characters mentioned include the wicked Gwioen of Almaengien, bishop Turpin, the bishops of Cologne, Metz and Trier, and the counts of Artois, Ponthieu and Hainaut.

History

Provenance

Fragment was originally kept in the archives of Averbode Abbey, where it was discovered by Desideer Stracke in 1926. It was rediscovered in Stracke's personal archive by J. Vanhecke in 1983 at the Archief en Museum voor het Vlaamse Cultuurleven when it was transferred to the Ruusbroecgenootschap library.
Remarks

Fragment was found alongside a different fragment of a chanson de geste in Middle Dutch (Antwerpen, Ruusbroecgenootschap, Neerl. 15/1; F-awer on Fragmentarium).

Host Volume

Remarks

Presumably used as part of a binding. When it was discovered by D. Stracke, the fragment was part of a collection of miscellaneous medieval fragments.

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