Mechelen, Stadsarchief, Verzameling Varia, V 737

Jacobus de Voragine, Legenda aurea, Middle Dutch translation (fragment)

Manuscript description

Manuscript ID

mmfc-13627

Title

Jacobus de Voragine, Legenda aurea, Middle Dutch translation (fragment)

Collection

Mechelen, Stadsarchief

Shelfmark

Mechelen, Stadsarchief, Verzameling Varia, V 737

Manuscript Category

religion

Document type

legendary

Topic

saints

References

Digital reproduction

Fragmentarium (digital reproduction)

IIIF Manifest

https://fragmentarium.ms/metadata/iiif/F-25dt/manifest.json

Other online data sources

BNM-I (manuscripts)
Fragmentarium

Folder

UNIT ID

mmfc-13626

Leaf count

4 fol. (2 doubleleaves)

Dicta probatoria

secundo folio (fol. [2]r) : es. Want men plach
final leaf (fol. [3]v) : moed' quam haestelec

Remaining fragments

UNIT ID

mmfc-13628

Page range

fol. [1]-[4]

Form

Codex

Integrity

Fragment: 2 doubleleaves

Language

Middle Dutch (main)

Origin

Date
second quarter 15th century (Elize Van Opstal)
Evidence
Scheurkogel (1997) dates this manuscript in the between c. 1440-1450. The script supports this dating.
Place
Brabant (possibly), Low Countries (Elize Van Opstal)
Evidence
The fragments are written in Middle Dutch. Scheurkogel argues for a more specific localisation in Brabant.

Support

Material

Parchment

Number of leaves

4

Foliation

Modern foliation

Page dimensions

h: 311 mm x w: 224 mm (fol. [1]r)

Leave thickness

fol. [1]r, 4 leaves (1.03 mm)
fol. [1]r, 4 leaves (1.27 mm)

Layout

Section
fol. [1]-[4] (fol. [3]r)
Columns
2
Lines
45; lines ruled: 46 (written below top line)
Layout formula
| T | | T |
Ruling
Full ruling, Lead-point ruling
Prickings
no prickings visible in outer margin
Text dimensions
h: 234 mm x w: 167 mm
Margins
Top margin: 27 mm, inner margin: 22 mm
Intercolumnar space
22 mm

Writing

Script

Northern gothica textualis (Northern gothica textualis libraria)

Decoration

Type

plain initials, rubrics red, rubrics, paraphs, colour stroking

1. Jacobus de Voragine, Legenda aurea, Middle Dutch translation (Southern Netherlandish translation)

UNIT ID

mmfc-53152

Page range

fol. [1]r - fol. [4]v (defective)

Title

Jacobus de Voragine, Legenda aurea, Middle Dutch translation (Southern Netherlandish translation)

Legenda aurea

Contributors

Jacobus de Voragine (author)
Bijbelvertaler van 1360 (translator)

Language

Middle Dutch (main)

Incipit

pieter metter moeder gods over hem bat soe gaf god dese sententie (fol. [1]r)

Explicit

gheleghen hadden nevenstelec verhoedt. Doe (fol. [4]v)

Notes

Textual content
  • Fol. 1r, col. A: St Peter ad Vincula [1 August], Southern Netherlandish translation (Graesse p. 460, 28-37). Only the explicit of the text remains.
  • Fol. 1r, col. A: Pope Stephen I [2 August], Southern Netherlandish translation (Graesse p. 461).
  • Fol. 1r, col. A - fol. 2v, col. B: Stephanus inventio, Southern Netherlandish translation (Graesse p. 461-465).
  • Fol. 2v, col. B - fol. 4v, col. B: St Dominic [4 August], Southern Netherlandish translation (Graesse p. 466-471,18).

Keywords

Genre

treatise
Manuscript description
  1. Folder
    1. Remaining fragments
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