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Madelgijs

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Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.1618

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

General Information

Title <i>Madelgijs</i>
Shelfmarks Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.1618
Material Parchment
Place of Origin South-Eastern Flanders
Date of Origin first half of the 14th century
Script, Hands

Northern gothica textualis libraria.
General Remarks

Capital letters at the start of each verse in a separate column with red colour stroking. Red plain initials and rubrics.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 260 mm
Page Width at least 180 mm
Number of Columns 2
Number of Lines at least 50
Line Height 3 – 5 mm

Current Condition

Extent 1 leaf (trimmed)
Dimensions 188 x 153 mm
More about the Current Condition

Mounted on paper stub. Bound in a codex with added notes and transcriptions by Ferdinand Snellaert.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Middle Dutch
    • Title <i>Madelgijs</i>
    • Content Description

      The verses in this fragment correspond with v. 17795-17972 of the Middle High German Malegis.
    • fol. [1]r
    • Edition Duijvestijn, B. W. Th., <i>Madelgijs: de Middelnederlandse fragmenten en de overeenkomstige Hoogduitse verzen</i> (Brussel: Koninklijke Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België, 1989), p. 155-161
    • Remarks

      Describes a combat scene between a (presumably Saracen) giant and the dwarf Spyet.

History

Provenance

Ferdinand Snellaert owned the fragment in the 19th century. Then acquired by Ghent University Library. 
Remarks

Snellaert added notes and transcriptions while in his posession; these notes are nowadays still part of the manuscript's codex.

Host Volume

Remarks

Presumably used as a binding to an archival document. The exact host volume of the fragment is unknown; however, offset letters (presumably a capital 'H' and/or 'N') on the recto sides that are related to the host fragment are still visible.

Bibliography

  • de Pauw, Napoléon, ed., Madelghijs’ kintsheit: al de gekende fragmenten. Critisch uitgegeven vergeleken met het Duitsche handschrift (Gent: Siffer, 1889), p. 145-161
     https://books.google.be/books?id=c9dCAAAAcAAJ

  • Duijvestijn, B. W. Th., Madelgijs: de Middelnederlandse fragmenten en de overeenkomstige Hoogduitse verzen (Brussel: Koninklijke Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België, 1989), p. 75-78, 155-161.
  • Derolez, Albert, Medieval Manuscripts: Ghent University Library (Ghent: Snoeck, 2017), p. 239
  • Kienhorst, Hans, De handschriften van de Middelnederlandse ridderepiek: een codicologische beschrijving. Deel 1 (Deventer: Sub Rosa, 1988), p. 135
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