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Jean de Venette, L'histoire des trois Marie

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Leuven, KU Leuven Bibliotheken Bijzondere Collecties, Ms. 1278

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

General Information

Title Jean de Venette, <i>L'histoire des trois Maries</i>
Shelfmarks Leuven, KU Leuven Bibliotheken Bijzondere Collecties, Ms. 1278
Former Shelfmarks Ms. Fragm. 596
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Northern France, possibly Paris
Date of Origin last quarter 14th century /first quarter 15th century
Script, Hands

Gothica cursiva libraria.

Original Condition

Page Height 268 mm
Page Width 219 mm
Height of Written Area 228 mm
Width of Written Area 175 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 78 – 80 mm
Number of Lines 34
Line Height 6 – 7 mm
Ruling Full lead-point ruling

Current Condition

Extent 1 leaf
Dimensions 268 x 219 mm
More about the Current Condition

The fragment was used as cover for a volume, as a spine is still visible in the middle of the leaf. Fol. [1]r was on the outside. Much of the text and the decoration on the leaf has worn off. The fragment was conserved in 2010.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Pen-flourished plain initials, alternately in red and blue ink. Red rubrication (underlining) on fol. [1]r.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Persons Jean de Venette
    • Text Language Middle French
    • Title <i>L'histoire des trois Marie</i>
    • fol. [1]r
    • Glosses and Additions De Reiffenberg, Baron, ‘II. Fragments de poésie romane’, Bulletins de l’académie royale des sciences et belles-lettres de Bruxelles, 10.2 (1842), 584-7.
    • Remarks

      Middle French verse text on the life of the 'Three Marys': the Virgin Mary, Mary of Clopas and Mary Salome. The fragment recounts the story of the apostles by the grave of the Virgin Mary and the spread of her relics.

History

Provenance

Fragment was discovered by Barthélémy Dumortier (1797-1878) in a book binding. The fragment was later gifted to his friend baron Frédéric de Reiffenberg (1795-1850), who also edited and published the fragment in 1842.
Persons and Institutions Barthélémy Dumortier (previous owner); Frédéric de Reiffenberg (previous owner)
Remarks

It is unclear when the fragment entered the collection of Leuven University Library; this must possibly have happened after 1945 because of the two devastating fires in the library during the World Wars.

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