Middle Dutch prayer book

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Leuven, Archief van de Abdij van Park, ID3.24

Remarks by the Editor

Additional remarks by Roos in't Velt, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2023.

General Information

Title Middle Dutch prayer book
Shelfmarks Leuven, Archief van de Abdij van Park, ID3.24
Page/Folio Reference fol. 168 - 169 (lower flyleaf and pastedown)
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Low Countries
Date of Origin 15th century
Script, Hands

Gothica hybrida libraria.

Original Condition

Page Height 103 mm
Page Width 73 mm
Height of Written Area 60 mm
Width of Written Area 45 mm
Number of Columns 1
Width of Columns 45 mm
Number of Lines 15
Line Height 3 – 4 mm
Ruling No longer visible.
Numbering

Modern foliation in pencil, using Arabic numerals.

Current Condition

Extent 2 leaves
Dimensions 103 x 73 mm
More about the Current Condition

Leaves are preserved in situ, one leaf as a flyleaf and the other as a pastedown. Because of this, the lower side of the pastedown cannot be accessed.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Red colour stroking.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Middle Dutch
    • Title Middle Dutch prayer book
    • fol. 168r
    • Remarks
      • First line of fragment (fol. 168r): '...dat werdighe wesen uwer heiligher ghelatenheit. dat altoes gheuoelijc ende begheerlijc in v stont.'
      • Explicit (fol. 169r): '...daer om gheve ic u my selven alte male sonder enich op ghesichte van hene oft van leede. Deo gracias.'

Host Volume

Title Middle Dutch prayers and meditations
Date of Origin/Publication late 15th century
Place of Origin/Publication Low Countries
Shelfmark Heverlee, Archief van de Abdij van Park, ID3.24
Persons Host volume was owned by a nun only known by her surname 'Brouwers' in 1672, according to a provenance mark on fol. 1r ('Suster Brouwers hoort dit boeck 1672').
Remarks

Fragments are used as flyleaf and pastedown in a Middle Dutch devotional manuscript with prayers and meditations.

Fragments from a different manuscript (F-ermc on Fragmentarium) were used as the host volume's upper flyleaf and pastedown.