Jacob van Maerlant, Wapene Martijn – Fragment
Parchment · 2 bifolia (trimmed, loose) · 1400 CE · Brabant · 202 x 159 mmF-g7sz
Brussel/Bruxelles, KBR, MS 19570
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Maerlant, Jacob van
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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.
The fragment was originally digitized by the Royal Library of Belgium (KBR), see: https://uurl.kbr.be/2059677
Moors personally asked for permission to publish the pictures.
Summary Author
Sofie Moors (Universiteit Antwerpen/FWO Vlaanderen)
