Jacob van Maerlant, Alexanders geesten Electronic version according to TEI P5.1 Fragmentarium - Digital Research Laboratory for Medieval Manuscript Fragments

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 Gent Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent BHSL.HS.4967 Jacob van Maerlant, Alexanders geesten third quarter 15th century Flanders fol. [1]r Middle Dutch Die hystorie vanden grooten Coninck Alexander Excerpt from Cap. XLIIJ, 'Hoe Alexander die doncker zee bestont'. Prose text about the life of Alexander the Great. The text is largely adapted from the Alexander chapters in Jacob van Maerlant's Spiegel Historiael. fol. [1]r Alexanders geesten Jacob van Maerlant Fol. [1]r, col. A: Contains a crossed-out text in prose. Book IX, v. 745 - 757. Fol. [1]r, col. B: Book IX, v. 762 - 791. Fol. [1]v, col. A: Book IX, v. 797 - 828. Fol. [1]v, col. B: Book IX, v. 832 - 863. Fol. [2]r, col. A: Book IX, v. 868 - 899. Fol. [2]r, col. B: lost. Fol. [2]v, col. A: Book IX, v. 934 - 964. Fol. [2]v, col. B: Book IX, v. 969 - 1000. Fol. [3]r, col. A: Book IX, v. 1006 - 1036. Fol. [3]r, col. B: lost. Fol. [3]v, col. A: Book IX, v. 1079 - 1109. Fol. [3]v, col. B: Book IX, v. 1114 - 1146. Fol. [4]r, col. A: Book IX, v.  1150 - 1180. Fol. [4]r, col. B: lost. Fol. [4]v, col. A: Book IX, v. 1221 - 1249. Fol. [4]v, col. B: Book IX, v. 1254 - 1285. Fol. [5]r, col. A: Book IX, v. 1290 - 1320. Fol. [5]r, col. B: Book IX, v. 1334; 1349 - 1352 (the copiist has skipped v. 1326 - 1333 and v. 1335 - 1348). Book X, v. 1 - 25. Fol. [5]v, col. A: Book X, v. 30 - 62. Fol. [5]v, col. B: Book X, v. 67 - 99. Fol. [6]r, col. A: Book X, v. 104 - 133. Fol. [6]r, col. B: Book X, v. 137 - 168. Fol. [6]v, col. A: Book X, v. 171 - 202. Fol. [6]v, col. A: Book X, v. 206 - 236. Fol. [7]r, col. A: Book X, v. 241 - 270. Fol. [7]r, col. B: Book X, v. 275 - 304. Fol. [7]v, col. A: Book X, v. 309 - 341. Fol. [7]v, col. B: Book X, v. 346 - 380. Fol. [8]r, col. A: Book X, v. 386 - 418. Fol. [8]r, col. B: Book X, v. 425 - 460. Fol. [8]v, col. A: Book X, v. 467 - 502. Fol. [8]v, col. B: Book X, v. 507 - 543. Antonin Van Elslander, ‘Een onuitgegeven fragment van “Alexanders Geesten”’, Verslagen en mededelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Taal- en Letterkunde, 1953 (1953), pp. 128–57. The fragments were not part of a complete copy of Alexanders geesten, as the text starts in the middle of Book IX, after a crossed-out prayer. Paper 7 leaves (trimmed), 2 strips and 1 part (all part of the same leaf, with the strips bound)172 172213122 128196213 x 172 mm

Lower parts of all leaves are trimmed. Several fragments contain both columns while others contain only one column and part of the inner margin.

Irregular layout. Number of lines per page differs between columns of 33-37 lines and 39-42 lines.

 Vertical blind-point ruling 50 55 5 6

Gothica cursiva formata/libraria, several hands.

 Red plain initials, red colour stroking. The fragments were sold by book seller Camille Vyt to Léonard Willems in 1898, alongside fragments of the Roman van Heinric ende Margriete van Limborch (F-m26t on Fragmentarium). The fragments were transferred to the collection of the Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal en Letteren after Willems' death in 1938. Description by: Roos in't Velt, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2023 Kienhorst, Hans, De handschriften van de Middelnederlandse ridderepiek: een codicologische beschrijving. Deel 1 (Deventer: Sub Rosa, 1988), 12-13. Antonin Van Elslander, ‘Een onuitgegeven fragment van “Alexanders Geesten”’, Verslagen en mededelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Taal- en Letterkunde, 1953 (1953), pp. 123–57.