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

Jacob van Maerlant, Alexanders geesten (fragments)

Manuscript description

Manuscript ID

mmfc-14417

Title

Jacob van Maerlant, Alexanders geesten (fragments)

Collection

Gent, Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal en Letteren

Shelfmark

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

Former shelfmark

Hs. 7 bis d

Manuscript Category

narrative literature

Document type

library book / reference book

Provenance

Owner
Léonard Willems (b. 1864, d. 1938)
Date
1898-1938
Description
Fragments were sold by book seller Camille Vyt to Léonard Willems in 1898, alongside fragments of the Roman van Heinric ende Margriete van Limborch.

Acquisition

The fragments were transferred to the collection of the Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal en Letteren after Willems' death in 1938, alongside Willems' broader collection.

References

Digital reproduction

Fragmentarium (digital reproduction)

IIIF Manifest

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

Other online data sources

NaSo (manuscripts)
BNM-I (manuscripts)
Fragmentarium

Fragment container

UNIT ID

mmfc-14419

Leaf count

9 fol.

Remaining fragments

UNIT ID

mmfc-14418

Page range

fol. [1]-[9]

Form

Codex

Integrity

Fragment: 8 leaves (trimmed), 2 strips (part of the same leaf, bound). Lower parts of all leaves are trimmed. Several leaves have both their columns preserved, while others contain one column and part of the inner margin.

Language

Middle Dutch (main)

Origin

Date
third quarter 15th century
Place
Flanders
Evidence
Language

Support

Material

Paper

Number of leaves

9

Page dimensions

h: 213 mm x w: 172 mm

Layout

Section 1
fol. [1]r-[9]v
Description
Irregular layout. Amount of lines per page differs between columns of 33 - 37 lines and 39 - 42 lines.
Columns
2
Layout formula
| T | | T |
Prickings
no prickings visible in outer margin
Margins
Top margin: 20 mm, inner margin: 50 mm
Intercolumnar space
15 mm

Writing

Script

Gothica cursiva (Gothica cursiva libraria)
Gothica cursiva (Gothica cursiva formata)

Description of hands

Gothica cursiva formata/libraria, several hands.

Decoration

Type

plain initials, rubrics red, rubrics

Description

Red plain initials, red colour stroking.

1. Jacob van Maerlant, Alexanders geesten

UNIT ID

mmfc-54563

Page range

fol. [1]r-[9]v (defective)

Title

Jacob van Maerlant, Alexanders geesten

Contributors

Jacob van Maerlant (author)

Language

Middle Dutch (main)

Notes

Textual content
Fragments from books 9 and 10.
Manuscript description
  1. Fragment container
    1. Remaining fragments
      1. 1. Jacob van Maerlant, Alexanders geesten