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Life of St Francis of Assisi, in Middle Dutch

Testament and lessons of St Francis

F-qr63

Leuven, Archief van de Abdij van Park, IIB3h.1a

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

General Information

Title Life of St Francis of Assisi, in Middle Dutch
Shelfmarks Leuven, Archief van de Abdij van Park, IIB3h.1a
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Low Countries
Date of Origin 15th century
Script, Hands

Northern gothica textualis libraria.

Original Condition

Page Height 200 mm
Page Width 140 – 142 mm
Height of Written Area 142 mm
Width of Written Area 94 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 41 – 43 mm
Number of Lines 30
Line Height 5 mm
Ruling Full lead-point ruling
Numbering

Numbering using Roman numerals on recto sides, in the middle of the upper margin.
More about the Condition

Prickings visible in outer margins.

Current Condition

Extent 1 bifolium
Dimensions 200 x 142 mm

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Red plain initials, red rubrication, red paraphs, red underlining, red colour stroking.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Middle Dutch
    • Title Life of St Francis of Assisi
    • Content Description

      Middle Dutch translation of the originally Latin testament (fol. 110r-v) and lessons (fol. 111r-v) of St Francis of Assisi. 
    • fol. [1]v-[2]r
    • Remarks

      The same Middle Dutch translation of the testament of St Francis can be found in a manuscript with other Middle Dutch Franciscan treatises kept at Leiden University Library (LTK 264, fol. 101-103).

History

Remarks

Fragment has two later-added annotations: 'd[it] sijn outaercleen ende ander versceijden dinghen der [xxx] toebehorende' (fol. [1]r); and 'Memorie vande Jaergetijden die In onse kercke gedaen moeten worden' (fol. [2]v, upside down). Through these annotations, it can be assumed that the fragment was used as a cover for church-related summaries.
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