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Barlaam en Josaphat in Middle Dutch verse

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Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.1592

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

General Information

Title <i>Barlaam en Josaphat</i> in Middle Dutch verse
Shelfmarks Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.1592
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Flanders
Date of Origin c. 1325
Script, Hands

Northern gothica textualis libraria

Original Condition

Height of Written Area 240 – 241 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 78 – 80 mm
Number of Lines at least 45
Line Height 5 – 6 mm
Ruling Leadpoint ruling

Current Condition

Extent 2 strips (bound)
Dimensions 290 x 105 mm
More about the Current Condition

The strips have been attached to each other with white adhesive tape on both sides and then mounted on a paper stub. The reconstructed fragment has been bound into a small volume with added notes and transcriptions by Willem De Vreese.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

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No decoration visible on this fragment.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Middle Dutch
    • Title <i>Barlaam en Josaphat</i> in Middle Dutch verse
    • fol. [1]r
    • Edition De Vreese, Willem, ‘Nieuwe Middelnederlandsche fragmenten. IV. Fragment van eene berijmde geschiedenis van Barlaam en Josaphat?’, Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse taal- en letterkunde, 14 (1895), 168–172
    • Remarks

      Monologue of a child towards their father about how the child chose to become a Christian. Explicit names are never mentioned, but the text is associated with the story of Barlaam and Josaphat.

History

Persons and Institutions In the collection of Ghent University Library since the 19th century.

Bibliography

  • De Vreese, Willem, ‘Nieuwe Middelnederlandsche fragmenten. IV. Fragment van eene berijmde geschiedenis van Barlaam en Josaphat?’, Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse taal- en letterkunde, 14 (1895), 168–172

     https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_tij003189501_01/_tij003189501_01_0018.php
  • Kienhorst, Hans, De handschriften van de Middelnederlandse ridderepiek: een codicologische beschrijving. Deel 1 (Deventer: Sub Rosa, 1988), p. 18
  • Derolez, Albert, Medieval Manuscripts: Ghent University Library (Ghent: Snoeck, 2017), p. 237
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