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Jacob van Maerlant, Wapene Martijn – Fragment

Parchment · 1 bifolium (trimmed) · 1376 – 1400 CE · Flanders, Low Countries · 215 x 174 mm (trimmed)

F-45au

Heidelberg, Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, HS 200 (olim: HS. 362a, 83)
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Jacob van Maerlant, Wapene Martijn (Fragment), Heidelberg, Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, HS 200 (olim: HS. 362a, 83) (https://fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-45au)
Scholarly descriptions
Century
14th century
Text Language
Middle Dutch
Script Type
Northern Textualis
Persons
Jacob, van Maerlant (Author)
Voerda, Nicasius de (Author)
Places
Origin: Cologne
Origin: Flanders
Summary

This fragment is one of eight known fragmentary witnesses of the Middle Dutch strophic poem Wapene Martijn (also known as the Martijn Trilogy) by the Flemish poet Jacob van Maerlant. A dataset containing transcriptions of all eighteen witnesses was recently published:

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.

Summary Author
Sofie Moors (Universiteit Antwerpen/FWO Vlaanderen)
External Resources
↗ Handschriftencensus
↗ BNM-I. Bibliotheca Neerlandica Manuscripta & Impressa
↗ VisColl reconstruction
fol. 1r
fol. 1v
fol. 2r
fol. 2v
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