Heinric van Aken, Die Rose
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Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.1638
Roos in't Velt, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2023 (Born Digital)
General Information
Title Heinric van Aken, <i>Die Rose</i>
Shelfmarks Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.1638
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Low Countries
Date of Origin 14th century
Script, Hands
Northern gothica textualis libraria.
General Remarks
Rurics in red.
Original Condition
Width of Written Area 120 – 125 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 60 – 65 mm
Line Height 3 – 4 mm
Current Condition
Extent 2 leaves (bound)
Dimensions 200 x 145 mm
More about the Current Condition
The leaves are mounted on a paper stub and bound in a codex alongside notes and transcriptions by Ferdinand Snellaert
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
Champ initials on each page. The initials on fol. [1]r-v are both largely lost.
Content
- Content Item
- Persons Heinric van Aken
- Text Language Middle Dutch
- Title <i>Die Rose</i>
- Content Description
- fol. [1]: v. 5616-5780
- fol. [2]: v. 7648-7812
![fol. [1]r](https://adore.ugent.be/IIIF/images/archive.ugent.be%3AFB4F0A78-77C6-11E3-8848-A1CCD43445F2%3ADS.14/full/,150/0/default.jpg "fol. [1]r")
- Edition Verwijs, Eelco, ed., Die rose van Heinric van Aken. Met de fragmenten der tweede vertaling (Den Haag: Nijhoff, 1868), p. 259-260
History
Provenance
Bought in February 1852 at a sale in Paris by Ferdinand Snellaert, who owned it until 1872. Acquired by Ghent University Library by the end of the 19th century.
Host Volume
Title Thomas Aquinas, <i>Liber nomine</i>
Date of Origin/Publication 1518
Place of Origin/Publication Paris
Shelfmark ACC.000910
Remarks
The Die Rose manuscript was used as maculature. According to Snellaert's notes, the manuscript must have been cut in 1518 due to these leaves being used as flyleaves.
Bibliography
Derolez, Albert, Medieval Manuscripts: Ghent University Library (Ghent: Snoeck, 2017), p. 242
