Gent, Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal en Letteren, KANTL.HS.7bis.a

Jacob van Maerlant, Historie van Troyen (fragment)

Manuscript description

Manuscript ID

mmfc-14411

Title

Jacob van Maerlant, Historie van Troyen (fragment)

Collection

Gent, Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal en Letteren

Shelfmark

Gent, Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal en Letteren, KANTL.HS.7bis.a

Former shelfmark

Hs. 7 bis a

Manuscript Category

history

Document type

library book / reference book

Provenance

Owner
Léonard Willems (b. 1864, d. 1938)
Date
first half 20th century
Comments
Fragment was discovered by Karel De Flou at the State Archives at Bruges, who attended Léonard Willems on the matter. The fragment was then possibly held by Willems until his death in 1938.

Acquisition

After Willems' death in 1938, his archive was transferred to the Gent, Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal en Letteren in the same year. This fragment was possibly part of this collection.

References

Digital reproduction

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IIIF Manifest

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Other online data sources

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Fragmentarium

Fragment container

UNIT ID

mmfc-14412

Leaf count

2 fol. (bifolium)

Remaining fragment

UNIT ID

mmfc-14413

Page range

fol. 42-47

Form

Codex

Integrity

Fragment: 1 bifolium (1 leaf trimmed). Part of the lower outer margin of fol. 42 is missing, while most of the outer column of fol. 47 has been trimmed away. Fol. 47 also contains several large holes, which have caused text loss to col. B especially.

Language

Middle Dutch (main)

Notes

Provenance
Across the fragment, several inscriptions in several different early modern hands are visible. For instance, on fol. 42r, 'Liber Receptorum bonorum nostrorum circa partes Rollariensis ab anno 1503-1533' can be read. This refers to the fact that the fragment was used as cover for a register of the goods of St Michael's Church (Roeselare) between 1503 and 1533. When the host volume was restored in the 18th century, the fragment was removed from the host volume and transferred to the State Archives at Bruges.

Origin

Date
second quarter 14th century (Jan Willem Klein)
Evidence
Script (Klein 1995, 15).
Place
Low Countries (Roos in't Velt)
Evidence
Language

Support

Material

Parchment

Number of leaves

2

Foliation

Medieval foliation

Page dimensions

h: 338 mm x w: 263 mm (fol. 42)

Layout

Section 1
fol. 42r-47v (fol. 42v)
Columns
3
Lines
53; lines ruled: 54 (written below top line)
Layout formula
| T | | T | | T |
Ruling
Full ruling, Lead-point ruling
Prickings
no prickings visible in outer margin
Text dimensions
h: 280 mm x w: 220 mm
Margins
Top margin: 18 mm, inner margin: 28 mm
Intercolumnar space
12 mm

Writing

Script

Northern gothica textualis (Northern gothica textualis libraria)

Decoration

Type

plain initials, guide letters, colour stroking

Description

Plain initials, alternately in red and blue ink. Red colour stroking.

1. Jacob van Maerlant, Historie van Troyen

UNIT ID

mmfc-54562

Page range

fol. 42r-47v (defective)

Title

Jacob van Maerlant, Historie van Troyen

Historie van Troyen

Contributors

Jacob van Maerlant (author)

Language

Middle Dutch (main)

Quotation

Daer voeren mede aen sire siden / Sine lieden van archaden / Diet utermaten wale daden (fol. 42r)

Quotation

Ende in vreden leuen sachte (fol. 47r)

Notes

Textual content
  • Fol. [1]: v. 38941-39252.
  • Fol. [2]: v. 40499-40810.

Verses corresponding to De Pauw, Napoléon, and Edward Gaillard, eds., Die History van Troyen van Jacob van Maerlant, naar het vijftiendeeuwsche handschrift van Wessel van de Loe (Gent: Siffer, 1889), p. 310-319, 355-364.

Manuscript description
  1. Fragment container
    1. Remaining fragment
      1. 1. Jacob van Maerlant, Historie van Troyen