Jacob van Maerlant, Wapene Martijn
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Antwerpen, Universiteitsbibliotheek Antwerpen Bijzondere Collecties, MAG-P 64.20
Laurent Breeus-Loos, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2021 (Born Digital)
General Information
Title
Jacob van Maerlant, Wapene Martijn
Shelfmarks
Antwerpen, Universiteitsbibliotheek Antwerpen Bijzondere Collecties, MAG-P 64.20
Material
parchment
Place of Origin
Low Countries
Date of Origin
last quarter of the 14th century or c. 1400 (Sleiderink et al. 2020)
Script, Hands
northern gothica textualis libraria
Original Condition
Height of Written Area
190 mm
Number of Columns
2
Number of Lines
38
Line Height
5 mm
Ruling
no ruling visible (probably lead-point)
More about the Condition
The data on the original condition was taken from Sleiderink et al. 2020.
Current Condition
Extent
1 loose strip (part of a leaf)
Dimensions
142 x 28-34 mm
More about the Current Condition
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
plain initials (red), colour-stroking (red)
Content
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Content Item
- Persons Jacob van Maerlant
- Text Language Middle Dutch
- Title Wapene Martijn
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Content Description
Sleiderink et al. 2020 have edited the fragment and compared the verses with the standard critical edition of Verdam & Leendertz 1918.
Fol. [1]r: vs. 644-671; fol. [1]v: vs. 682-709 (ed. Verdam & Leendertz 1918)
- Edition Sleiderink, Remco, Sofie Moors, and Marcus de Schepper, ‘Bandwerk: Een nieuw fragment van Wapene Martijn van Jacob van Maerlant (Antwerpen, Universiteitsbibliotheek, Bijzondere Collecties, MAG-P 64.20)’, Queeste, 27.1 (2020), 43–62. Verdam, J., and P. Leendertz, eds., Jacob van Maerlant’s Strophische Gedichten. Nieuwe bewerking der uitgave van Franck en Verdam. (Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff’s, 1918)
History
Persons and Institutions
The fragment was purchased by Marcus de Schepper, a collector of (Neo-)Latin prints and manuscripts, in an antiquarian bookstore in Leuven on 9 March 1988. It was part of a folder containing Latin fragments that had been removed from the spines and covers of book bindings, about which no further information is available. De Schepper noticed that there was a Middle Dutch fragment among the Latin ones and identified it as the 'Wapene Martijn'. When the University of Antwerp (under the impetus of prof. dr. Remco Sleiderink and former head librarian Trudi Noordermeer) showed interest in the fragment, it was transferred to the Special Collections of the University Library in November 2019 (Sleiderink et al. 2020).
Host Volume
Remarks
The fragment probably functioned as a guard (host volume unknown).
Bibliography
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Sleiderink, Remco, Sofie Moors, and Marcus de Schepper, ‘Bandwerk: Een nieuw fragment van Wapene Martijn van Jacob van Maerlant (Antwerpen, Universiteitsbibliotheek, Bijzondere Collecties, MAG-P 64.20)’, Queeste, 27.1 (2020), 43–62
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Verboven, Kara, ‘“Membra Disiecta”. Handschriftfragmenten in de Bijzondere Collecties van de Universiteit Antwerpen’, De Gulden Passer, 98.2 (2021), 315–20