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Middle Dutch prayers and meditations

prayers to be recited after the Eucharist

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Leuven, Archief van de Abdij van Park, IIB3h.1c/1

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

General Information

Title Middle Dutch prayers and meditations
Shelfmarks Leuven, Archief van de Abdij van Park, IIB3h.1c/1
Former Shelfmarks Ms. 24
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Low Countries
Date of Origin late 15th century
Script, Hands

Small gothica semitextualis.

Original Condition

Page Height 101 mm
Page Width 70 mm
Height of Written Area 63 mm
Width of Written Area 44 mm
Number of Columns 1
Width of Columns 44 mm
Number of Lines 17
Line Height 3 – 4 mm
Ruling Full ink ruling
More about the Condition

The fragment has not been numbered, but it can be established this leaf was fol. 52 of the original manuscript (Leuven, Archief van de Abdij van Park, ID3.24). Leuven, Archief van de Abdij van Park, IIB3h.1c/5 (F-qson) is another fragment from the same manuscript.

Current Condition

Extent 1 leaf
Dimensions 101 x 70 mm
More about the Current Condition

Fragment is a detached leaf from from an otherwise preserved manuscript.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Full ornamental penwork border (fol. [1]r); pen-flourished parted initial with interior reserved shapes (fol. [1]r); red plain initials, red rubrication, red colour stroking; alternating red and blue paraphs.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Middle Dutch
    • Title Prayers and meditations
    • Content Description

      Fragment contains three prayers to be recited after the Eucharist.
    • fol. [1]r
    • Remarks

      Only one of the prayers present in this fragment is not defective. The fragment was part of a longer text on spiritual instructions about the liturgical feasts.

Bibliography

  • Meertens, Maria, De godsvrucht in de Nederlanden naar handschriften van gebedenboeken der XVe eeuw, vol. 6 (Antwerpen: Standaard, 1934), p. 236-239.
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