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Parchment · 2 bifolia (trimmed, loose) · 1400 CE · Brabant · 202 x 159 mm

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Middle Dutch

Reconstruction 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.

(Sofie Moors (Universiteit Antwerpen/FWO Vlaanderen))

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Online Since
09/01/2026

Parchment · 2 bifolia (trimmed, loose) · 1400 CE · Brabant · 202 x 159 mm

Parchment · 2 bifolia (trimmed, loose) · 1400 CE · Brabant · 202 x 159 mm

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Maerlant, Jacob van

Brussel/Bruxelles, KBR, MS 19570

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