Jacob van Maerlant, Wapene Martijn

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

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Brussel/Bruxelles KBR MS 19570 Jacob van Maerlant, Wapene Martijn Around 1400 Brabant fol. 1r Middle Dutch Wapene Martijn Jacob van Maerlant Fol. 1r (= fol. *4r): Eerste Martijn, vs. 454-529. Fol. 1v (= fol. *4v): Eerste Martijn, vs. 530-605. Fol. 2r (= fol. *5r): Eerste Martijn, vs. 606-681 Fol. 2v (= fol. *5v): Eerste Martijn, vs. 682-757. Fol. 3r (= fol. *8r): Tweede Martijn, vs. 86-161. Fol. 3v (= fol. *8v): Tweede Martijn, vs. 162-237. Fol. 4r (= fol. *9r): Tweede Martijn, vs. 238-313. Fol. 4v (= fol. *9v): Tweede Martijn, vs. 314-338, Derde Martijn, vs. 1-50. Mertens, Th. (ed.) (1978). Den anderen merten. Synoptische archiefeditie van Jacob van Maerlant’s tweede Martijn. Nijmegen: Alfa. Mertens, Th. (ed.) (1978). Den anderen merten. Synoptische archiefeditie van Jacob van Maerlant’s tweede Martijn. Nijmegen: Alfa. *: indicates a reconstructed page. The fragment was first transcribed by Mertens (1978). Moors et al. (2024) have digitally transcribed the fragment (siglum Br) and compared the verses with the critical edition of the text by Verdam and Leendertz (1918). Parchment 2 bifolia (trimmed)159202125170202 x 159 mm. Leaf 1: 202-208 x 132-142 mm; leaf 2: 200-210 x 156 mm; leaf 3: 180-216 x 140 mm; leaf 4: 182-204 x 156-159 mm No foliation visible. The fragment originally formed part of a single-quire booklet of six bifolia. A reconstruction of the original collation (by the author of this Description) is available on VisColl: 1VI(12). The surviving fragments once formed the fourth and fifth bifolia of the original booklet.

The outer margins are damaged or trimmed, resulting in some text loss. The parchment has hardened and there are glue residues almost everywhere. The two bifolia are bound back-to-back in a small folder. The order of the text is: f. 1 - 3 - 4 - 2. In the “Reconstructed Sequence,” I have adjusted the order.

The information on the original and current condition are based on Mertens (1978, 57-61).

Ruling (ink) visible on f. 1v and 2r. Prickings in outer margin visible on fol. 2 and 4.

The verses are written in littera textualis hybrida by a single hand.

Plain initials (red) indicate the start of the stanzas; rubric (red); initial (red); colour-stroked letters (red) at the start of each verse.

Southern Low Countries (Brabant) Description by: Sofie Moors, 2025 Mertens, Th. (ed.), Den anderen merten. Synoptische archiefeditie van Jacob van Maerlant’s tweede Martijn. Nijmegen: Alfa, 1978. Deschamps, Jan, and Herman Mulder, Inventaris van de Middelnederlandse handschriften van de Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België (voorlopige uitgave). Negende aflevering. Brussel: Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België, 2007, p. 24. Moors, Sofie, Kestemont, Mike, and Remco Sleiderink, 'The Martijn Trilogy Manuscripts: An Open Dataset for Analyzing Scribal Variation', Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences, 9.1 (2024), 1-21. 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.