Antwerpen, Bibliotheek Ruusbroecgenootschap, Neerl. 15/3
Jan van Ruusbroec, Van den geesteliken tabernakel (fragment)
Around the middle of the 14th century, the great Brabant mystic Jan van Ruusbroec (1293-1381) wrote his most comprehensive treatise, Van den Geesteliken Tabernacle. This fragment was found in a 16th-century rent book in the archives of Averbode Abbey. What does it reveal about the original manuscript? According to researchers, it is part of a series of small-format manuscripts on parchment from the second half of the 14th century. This makes it one of the earliest surviving copies of Ruusbroec’s text, which makes it very important. The fragment consists of one parchment bifolio and contains fragments of two chapters. [Flandrica]
Manuscript description
Manuscript ID
mmfc-12841
Title
Jan van Ruusbroec, Van den geesteliken tabernakel (fragment)
Collection
Shelfmark
Antwerpen, Bibliotheek Ruusbroecgenootschap,
Neerl. 15/3
Former shelfmark
Fragm. Averbode C
Former shelfmarks
Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, Abdij der Norbertijnen van Averbode, Fragm. XIV
Manuscript Category
Topic
Provenance
Owner
Date
16th century
Evidence type
Other
(fol. [2]v, Middle Dutch)
Transcription
Monasterij Auerbodien
Comments
According to D.A. Stracke, he rediscovered the fragment in a 16th century rentbook.
References
Online catalogue record
Digital reproduction
https://fragmentarium.ms/metadata/iiif/F-0imf/manifest.jsonOther online data sources
Main - fol. [2]v-[1]r - PDM 1.0
Extra - fol. [1]v-[2]r - PDM 1.0
