Antwerpen, Bibliotheek Ruusbroecgenootschap, Neerl. 413/17

Geert Grote, Book of hours (fragments)

Manuscript description

Manuscript ID

mmfc-12978

Title

Geert Grote, Book of hours (fragments)

Collection

Antwerpen, Bibliotheek Ruusbroecgenootschap

Shelfmark

Antwerpen, Bibliotheek Ruusbroecgenootschap, Neerl. 413/17

Manuscript Category

religion

Document type

book of hours

References

Digital reproduction

Ruusbroec Genootschap Digital Repository: Neerl_413_17_Afb%20a.jpg, Neerl_413_17_Afb%20b.jpg
Fragmentarium (digital reproduction)

IIIF Manifest

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

Other online data sources

Ruusbroecgenootschap Handschriftenbeschrijvingen
Fragmentarium

Fragment container

UNIT ID

mmfc-12979

Leaf count

2 fol.

Binding

Binding type

No cover

Remaining fragments

UNIT ID

mmfc-12980

Page range

fol. [1]-[2]

Form

Codex

Integrity

Fragment: Two vertical strips, cut from two different pages. Fragments were used as pastedowns. Both fragments therefore still contains remains of cardboard, making the text difficult to read at places.

Language

Middle Dutch (main)

Origin

Date
15th century (Claudia Renzi)
Evidence
Script.
Place
Low Countries (Roos in't Velt)
Evidence
Language

Support

Material

Parchment

Number of leaves

2

Foliation

No numbering

Page dimensions

h: 128 mm x w: 35 mm (fol. [1]) , leaves trimmed

Layout

Section 1
fol. [1]r-[2]v (fol. [1]r)
Description
Corrections to main text were written in upper and lower margins.
Columns
1
Lines
19 (20)
Layout formula
| T |
Ruling
Full ruling, Lead-point ruling
Prickings
no prickings visible in outer margin
Text dimensions
h: 82 mm
Margins
Top margin: 19 mm

Writing

Script

Northern gothica textualis (Northern gothica textualis libraria)

Description of hands

Northern gothica textualis libraria, multiple hands.

Decoration

Type

plain initials, rubrics red, colour stroking, rubrics, versals

Description

Red plain initials and versals, red rubrication, red colour stroking.

1. Geert Grote, Book of hours

UNIT ID

mmfc-51439

Page range

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

Title

Geert Grote, Book of hours

Getijdenboek

Contributors

Geert Grote (compiler)

Language

Middle Dutch (main)

Quotation

nimmermeer * he [...] e tot ons de te be [...] en sonder sonde [...] er here ontferm[e] (fol. [1]r)

Quotation

om die [...] namen laet ons he[...] (fol. [2]v)

Notes

Textual content
Fragments contain parts of the Hours of Eternal Wisdom (fol. [1]) and the Hours of the Cross (fol. [2]).

Compare Van Wijk, Nicolaas, ed., Het getijdenboek van Geert Grote naar het Haagse handschrift 133 E 21 (Leiden: Brill, 1940) <https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/grot001geti01_01/index.php>, p. 98-99, 93-94 and 113-114.

Keywords

Genre

prayers
Manuscript description
  1. Fragment container
    1. Remaining fragments
      1. 1. Geert Grote, Book of hours