Middle Dutch antidotary
Recipes for hair growth and removal
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Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Fragm. 137
Roos in't Velt, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2024 (Born Digital)
General Information
Title Middle Dutch antidotary
Shelfmarks Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Fragm. 137
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Low Countries
Date of Origin 14th century
Script, Hands
Northern gothica textualis libraria
Original Condition
Page Height at least 81 mm
Page Width 165 mm
Height of Written Area at least 63 mm
Width of Written Area 125 mm
Number of Columns 2
Number of Lines at least 11
Ruling Full lead-point ruling
Current Condition
Extent 1 leaf (trimmed)
Dimensions 81 x 165 mm
More about the Current Condition
Leaf was cut in half; only the upper half of the leaf is preserved. Much of the text has faded, making it difficult to read.
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
Red colour stroking; red paraphs. No initials visible.
Content
- Content Item
Host Volume
Title Joannes Vallensis Hieronymianus, <i>Opus de prosodia Hebraeorum in quatuor libros divisum</i> (C 725); Jean Cinquarbres, <i>De re grammatica Hebraeorum opus</i> (C 727)
Date of Origin/Publication 1545 (C 725); 1556 (C 727)
Place of Origin/Publication Paris
Shelfmark Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, C 725 [C2-530 a] and C 727 [C2-530 a]
Persons Jacques Bogard (printer of C 725)
Martin le Jeune (printer of C 727)
Paulus van der Eyst (previous owner; Antwerp-based friar who owned both host volumes)
Remarks
Fragment was used in the binding of a convolute book, containing the two volumes. The two separate volumes were possibly brought together by the time these were owned by Paulus van der Eyst.
Bibliography
in’t Velt, Roos, ‘Als je haar maar goed zit? Een nieuw fragment met Middelnederlandse haarverzorgingsrecepten’, De Boekenwereld, 39.4 (2023), 40–43