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Jacob van Maerlant and Lodewijk van Velthem, Spiegel historiael

Partie IV, Book IV-V

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Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.1641

Roos in't Velt, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2024 (Born Digital)

General Information

Title Jacob van Maerlant and Lodewijk van Velthem, <i>Spiegel historiael</i>
Shelfmarks Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.1641
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Flanders (possibly Eastern Flanders)
Date of Origin first half of the 14th century (after 1315)
Script, Hands

Northern gothica textualis libraria, one hand.

Original Condition

Height of Written Area 240 mm
Width of Written Area 185 – 190 mm
Number of Columns 3
Width of Columns 55 mm
Number of Lines 60

Current Condition

Extent 1 bifolium (2 parts, bound)
Dimensions 116 x 188 mm (leaf)
More about the Current Condition

The fragment consists of two horizontal strips from the same bifolium. The two fragments have been re-attached using adhesive tape.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Red initial with interior reserved shapes (fol. [2]v). Red plain initials, red paraphs, red rubrication.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Persons Jacob van Maerlant (author); Lodewijk van Velthem (author)
    • Text Language Middle Dutch
    • Title <i>Spiegel historiael</i>
    • Content Description

      Partie IV, book 4, chapter 61 - book 5, chapter 1.
    • fol. [2]v-[1]r
    • Edition De Vreese, Willem, ‘Nieuwe Middelnederlandsche fragmenten. IX. Drie nieuwe fragmenten van Den Spieghel Historiael.’, Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde, 17 (1898), pp. 211-215

History

Provenance

Fragment originally formed part of the archives of the Benedictine Abbey of Ename (Eastern Flanders) kept at the State Archives in Ghent. The fragment was exchanged with Ghent University Library.
Remarks

Fragment was discovered by Ferdinand van der Haeghen, head librarian of Ghent University Library, around 1898.

Host Volume

Remarks

Fragment was used in the binding of a register kept by the Benedictine Abbey of Ename; the exact register is unknown.

Bibliography

  • Biemans, Jos A.A.M., Onsen Speghele Ystoriale in Vlaemsche. Codicologisch onderzoek naar de overlevering van de Spiegel historiael van Jacob van Maerlant, Philip Utenbroeke en Lodewijk van Velthem, met een beschrijving van de handschriften en fragmenten (Peeters, 1997), ii, 403-405.
  • Derolez, Albert, Medieval Manuscripts. Ghent University Library (Snoeck, 2017), 242.
  • De Vreese, Willem, ‘Nieuwe Middelnederlandsche fragmenten. IX. Drie nieuwe fragmenten van Den Spieghel Historiael.’, Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde, 17 (1898), pp. 210-215.
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