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Jacob van Maerlant, Historie van Troyen

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Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.1594

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

General Information

Title Jacob van Maerlant, <i>Historie van Troyen</i>
Shelfmarks Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.1594
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Southern Low Countries, presumably Brabant
Date of Origin c. 1400
Script, Hands

Northern gothica textualis libraria
General Remarks

Also known as 'Fragment-N[apoléon] de Pauw'.

Original Condition

Page Width at least 260 mm
Width of Written Area 202 – 205 mm
Number of Columns 3
Width of Columns 60 – 62 mm
Line Height at least 5 mm
Ruling Lead-point ruling

Current Condition

Extent 1 bifolium (trimmed)
Dimensions 290 x 260 mm
More about the Current Condition

Fragment is mounted on paper and bound in a codex together with notes by Napoléon de Pauw and a copy by Philip Blommaert of Augusto Soromenho's letter to R. Chalon.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Pen-flourished initials and versals, alternately in red and blue ink.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Persons
    • Text Language Middle Dutch
    • Title Jacob van Maerlant, <i>Historie van Troyen</i>
    • Content Description

      Corresponds to Book II, v. 22175-22480 and v. 24310-24608.
    • fol. [1]r
    • Edition Van Elslander, Antonin, ‘Twee onuitgegeven fragmenten van de Istory van Troyen van Jacob van Maerlant’, Verslagen en mededelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Taal- en Letterkunde, 3 (1946), 184–219

History

Provenance

The fragment was discovered in 1868 by Augusto Soromenho at the archives of the canons of Guimarães (Portugal). Soromenho gifted the fragment to R. Chalon of the Académie Royale de Belgique. The fragment has been in the collection Ghent University Library since at least 1895.
Remarks

It is unknown when the fragment entered the collection of Ghent University Library.

Host Volume

Remarks

Used as binding for archival documents related to the year 1588 at the archives of the canons of Guimarães (the later annotations prove this: '[...]gem de 1558 años', fol. [1]v; '1558', fol. [2]r).

Bibliography

  • Derolez, Albert, Medieval Manuscripts: Ghent University Library (Ghent: Snoeck, 2017), p. 237
  • Kienhorst, Hans, De handschriften van de Middelnederlandse ridderepiek: een codicologische beschrijving, Deel 1  (Deventer: Sub Rosa, 1988), p. 207
  • Van Elslander, Antonin, ‘Twee onuitgegeven fragmenten van de Istory van Troyen van Jacob van Maerlant’, Verslagen en mededelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Taal- en Letterkunde, 3 (1946), 175–219
     https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_ver025194601_01/_ver025194601_01_0023.php
  • Van Elslander, Antonin, ‘De fragmenten van de Istory van Troyen’, De Gulden Passer, 25 (1947), 102-125
     <https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_gul005194701_01/_gul005194701_01_0007.php>
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