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

Jacob van Maerlant, Rijmbijbel (fragments)

Manuscript description

Manuscript ID

mmfc-14422

Title

Jacob van Maerlant, Rijmbijbel (fragments)

Collection

Gent, Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal en Letteren

Shelfmark

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

Former shelfmark

Hs. 7 bis e
olim 12

Manuscript Category

history

Document type

library book / reference book

Topic

biblical history

Acquisition

Fragments were discovered in Antwerp in 1887 by Pieter Génard, then-current civic archivalist of Antwerp. Fragments were donated to the Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal en Letteren by Pieter Génard on 19 October 1892.

References

Digital reproduction

Fragmentarium (digital reproduction)

IIIF Manifest

https://fragmentarium.ms/metadata/iiif/F-esv0/manifest.json

Other online data sources

NaSo (manuscripts): 1305, 1306
BNM-I (manuscripts)
Fragmentarium

Fragment container

UNIT ID

mmfc-14420

Leaf count

4 fol.

Notes

Readers' annotations
Binding contains handwritten notes in pencil by Napoleon de Pauw.

Binding

Binding type

Cardboard boards;Limp binding

Dimensions

h: 319 mm x w: 230 mm

Cover title

Fragmenten van MAERLANTS RIJMBIJBEL, geschonken aan de Koninklijke Vlaamsche Academie door Pieter Génard, den 19 October 1892. (Handwritten title on cover, 19-10-1892)

Remaining fragments

UNIT ID

mmfc-14421

Page range

fol. [1]-[4]

Form

Codex

Integrity

Fragment: 2 bifolia in a cardboard binding. The lower inner margin of fol. [1] is missing, while only the upper part of the inner column of fol. [2] is preserved. Fol. [3] was never trimmed, while the outer column of fol. [4] was trimmed. The leaves were used as pastedowns, leading to some parts of the text being darkened.

Language

Middle Dutch (main)

Origin

Date
late 14th century
Place
Low Countries (Roos in't Velt)
Evidence
Language

Support

Material

Parchment

Number of leaves

4

Page dimensions

h: 310 mm x w: 217 mm (fol. [3])

Layout

Section 1
fol. [1]r-[4]v (fol. [3]r)
Columns
2
Lines
46; lines ruled: 47 (written below top line)
Layout formula
|| T | || T |
Ruling
Full ruling, Lead-point ruling
Prickings
no prickings visible in outer margin
Text dimensions
h: 229 mm x w: 147 mm
Margins
Top margin: 26 mm, inner margin: 27 mm
Intercolumnar space
11 mm
Paratextual features
running titles

Writing

Script

Northern gothica textualis (Northern gothica textualis libraria)

Decoration

Type

plain initials, colour stroking, rubrics, rubrics red

Description

Red plain initials, red rubrication, red colour stroking.

1. Jacob van Maerlant, Rijmbijbel

UNIT ID

mmfc-54545

Page range

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

Title

Jacob van Maerlant, Rijmbijbel

Rijmbijbel

Contributors

Jacob van Maerlant (author)

Language

Middle Dutch (main)

Quotation

Ende daert die coninc toe sach / Balthasar die leider oec ane / Sinen zegel ende ghinc oec dane (fol. [1]r)

Quotation

Des was soe droeue herodes / Om haere doecht om hare scoenhede / Want hi hadse vooren mede / Dat hine omme wt sinen sinne was (fol. [4]v)

Notes

Textual content
  • Fol. [1]r: v. 17022-17116.
  • Fol. [1]v: v. 17117-17208.
  • Fol. [2]r: v. 17976-17996.
  • Fol. [2]v: v. 18119-18138.
  • Fol. [3]r: v. 20436-20527.
  • Fol. [3]v: v. 20528-20624.
  • Fol. [4]r: v. 20625-20671.
  • Fol. [4]v: v. 20765-20810.

Keywords

Genre

rhyme bible
Manuscript description
  1. Fragment container
    1. Remaining fragments
      1. 1. Jacob van Maerlant, Rijmbijbel