Antwerpen, Bibliotheek Ruusbroecgenootschap, Neerl. 15/2

Unidentified Middle Dutch Charlemagne romance, presumably Wybeert van Andernaken (fragments)

Manuscript description

Manuscript ID

mmfc-12838

Title

Unidentified Middle Dutch Charlemagne romance, presumably Wybeert van Andernaken (fragments)

Collection

Antwerpen, Bibliotheek Ruusbroecgenootschap

Shelfmark

Antwerpen, Bibliotheek Ruusbroecgenootschap, Neerl. 15/2

Former shelfmark

Fragm. Averbode B

Manuscript Category

narrative literature

Document type

library book / reference book

Provenance

Owner
Abbey of Averbode
Evidence type
External source
Comments
According to D.A. Stracke (1926) the fragment was discovered in the spine of an archive document

References

Digital reproduction

Ruusbroec Genootschap Digital Repository: Neerl_15_02_Afb%20a.jpg, Neerl_15_02_Afb_%20b.jpg
Fragmentarium (digital reproduction)

IIIF Manifest

https://fragmentarium.ms/metadata/iiif/F-koak/manifest.json

Other online data sources

Ruusbroecgenootschap Handschriftenbeschrijvingen
BNM-I (manuscripts)
Fragmentarium

Fragment container

UNIT ID

mmfc-12839

Leaf count

2 fol.

Dicta probatoria

secundo folio (fol. [2]r) : Ende uwen geslachte mede

Binding

Binding type

No cover

Remaining fragments

UNIT ID

mmfc-12837

Page range

fol. [1]-[2]

Integrity

Fragment

Language

Middle Dutch (main)

Notes

Textual content
The fragment is a bifolium. According to D. A. Stracke (1927) it presumably was a central fold of a quire as the contents of both folios seem to continue.

Origin

Date
According to Kienhortst and Mulder (1993) the fragment can be dated in the 14th century based on the script type (Catho Creemers)
Evidence
Script and external source
Alternative localisation
D.A Stracke (1927) identifies the dialect used in the fragment as West-dietsch
Southern Low Countries (Catho Creemers)
Evidence
External source

Support

Material

Parchment

Number of leaves

2

Foliation

No numbering

Fragment dimensions

h: 85 mm x w: 310 mm

Layout

Section
fol. [1]-[2] (fol. [1]r)
Description
The fragment is a trimmed bifolium.The top and bottom of the folios are cut off. The original number of lines is unknown, as the fragment remains unidenitfied. A space is left between every first letter of a line and the rest of the sentence.
Columns
2
Lines
20; lines ruled: 19 (written below top line)
Layout formula
| T || T |
Ruling
Full ruling, Lead-point ruling
Prickings
no prickings visible in outer margin
Text dimensions
h: 85 mm x w: 55 mm
Intercolumnar space
7 mm

Writing

Script

Northern gothica textualis (Northern gothica textualis libraria)

Decoration

Type

versals

1. Unidentified Middle Dutch Charlemagne romance, presumably Wybeert van Andernaken

UNIT ID

mmfc-51311

Page range

fol. [1]r-[2]v (defective)

Title

Unidentified Middle Dutch Charlemagne romance, presumably Wybeert van Andernaken

Language

Middle Dutch (main)

Notes

Textual content
The fragment hase not yet been identified nor has an Old French text been identified as a direct source. It has been hypothesized that we might be dealing with remnants of an originally Middle Dutch 'Charlemagne romance'. This attribution is based on the mentions of a letter addressed to King Louis and Wybeert, king of Andrenaken with seals of 'beyerem, oestrike, brandenborch en andernaken' on fol. [1]r. Furthermore, there are mentions of other figures such as the wicked gwioen of Almaengien, the bishop Tulpijn, the bishops of Cologne, Metz and Trier, and the counts of Artois, Ponthieu and Hainaut.

Keywords

Genre

Charlemagne literature
Manuscript description
  1. Fragment container
    1. Remaining fragments
      1. 1. Unidentified Middle Dutch Charlemagne romance, presumably Wybeert van Andernaken