Antwerpen, Rijksarchief, Verzameling Losse Aanwinsten, nr. 147.1
Jacob van Maerlant, Spiegel historiael (fragments)
Manuscript description
Manuscript ID
mmfc-10355
Title
Jacob van Maerlant, Spiegel historiael (fragments)
Collection
Shelfmark
Antwerpen, Rijksarchief, Verzameling Losse Aanwinsten,
nr. 147.1
Manuscript Category
Document type
Provenance
Date
first half 17th century
Evidence type
Ex-libris
(fol. [1]r, Latin)
Transcription
liber mortuorum et conjugatorum ab anno 1604 usque 1653
Description
Fragment was used as a register cover from the parish of Merksplas, in which deaths and marriages were noted (between 1604 and 1653).
Acquisition
Fragment was transferred to the State Archives at Antwerp on 18 May 1965.
References
Online catalogue record
Digital reproduction
https://fragmentarium.ms/metadata/iiif/F-7hht/manifest.jsonOther online data sources
Bibliography
Croenen, Godfried, ‘Twee onbekende fragmenten van de Spiegel historiael’, Verslagen en mededelingen van de Koninklijke academie voor Nederlandse taal- en letterkunde, 1992, pp. 271–87 https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_ver016199201_01/_ver016199201_01_0017.php
Main - fol. [1]v - PDM 1.0
Extra - fol. [1]r - PDM 1.0
Remaining fragment
UNIT ID
mmfc-10353
Page range
fol. [1]
Form
Codex
Integrity
Fragment: The fragment consists of one leaf with no loss of text (outer margin slightly trimmed)
Fragments' earlier hosts
The fragment functioned as a cover of a 17th century parish registry: Antwerpen, Rijksarchief te Antwerpen, Parochieregisters Merksplas, inv. nr. 1bis h (Croenen 1992).
Language
Middle Dutch (main)
Document type
Origin
Date
first half 14th century (Laurent Breeus-Loos)
Evidence
Script
Place
Evidence
On the basis of dialectal features Biemans 1997 concludes that the manuscript was probably copied in the south-eastern part of the county of Flanders.
Support
Material
Parchment
Number of leaves
1
Foliation
Page dimensions
h: 312 mm x w: 207 mm (fol. [1]) , leaves trimmed
Layout
Section
fol. [1]r-v (fol. [1]r)
Columns
3
Lines
50; lines ruled: 51 (written below top line)
Layout formula
|| T | || T | || T |
Ruling
Full ruling, Lead-point ruling
Text dimensions
h: 225 mm x w: 168 mm
Margins
Top margin: 33 mm, inner margin: 20 mm
Intercolumnar space
11 mm
Writing
Script
Northern gothica textualis (Northern gothica textualis libraria)
Number of hands
1
Decoration
References
Other online data sources
Main - fol. [1]r - PDM 1.0