Leuven, KU Leuven Bibliotheken Bijzondere Collecties, Ms. 1488

Unidentified chivalric romance, possibly Geraert van Viane (fragment)

Manuscript description

Manuscript ID

mmfc-15571

Title

Unidentified chivalric romance, possibly Geraert van Viane (fragment)

Collection

Leuven, KU Leuven Bibliotheken Bijzondere Collecties

Shelfmark

Leuven, KU Leuven Bibliotheken Bijzondere Collecties, Ms. 1488

Manuscript Category

narrative literature

Document type

library book / reference book

Provenance

Owner
Jozef-Maria De Smet (b. 1916, d. 1996)
Date
mid 20th century
Evidence type
External source
Description
KU Leuven library catalogue

Acquisition

Collection of Jozef-Maria De Smet was transferred to KU Leuven Bijzondere Collecties after his death in 1996.

References

Online catalogue record

KU Leuven Libraries Catalogue

Digital reproduction

Teneo
Fragmentarium (digital reproduction)

IIIF Manifest

https://lib.is/IE2238083/manifest
https://fragmentarium.ms/metadata/iiif/F-0lqw/manifest.json

Other online data sources

Fragmentarium

Fragment container

UNIT ID

mmfc-15570

Leaf count

1 horizontal strip

Remaining fragment

UNIT ID

mmfc-15572

Page range

fol. [1]

Form

Codex

Integrity

Fragment: 1 horizontal strip

Language

Middle Dutch (main)

Origin

Date
last quarter 14th century (Willem Kuiper)
Evidence
Script
Place
Flanders (Willem Kuiper)
Evidence
Kuiper 2010.

Support

Material

Parchment

Number of leaves

1

Fragment dimensions

h: 39 mm x w: 216 mm

Layout

Section 1
fol. [1]r-v (fol. [1]r)
Description
Ruling no longer visible.
Columns
2
Layout formula
| T | | T |
Prickings
prickings visible in outer margin
Margins
Top margin: 22 mm, inner margin: 24 mm
Intercolumnar space
14 mm

Writing

Script

Northern gothica textualis (Northern gothica textualis libraria)

Description of hands

Large northern gothica textualis libraria.

Decoration

Type

no initials visible, colour stroking

Description

Red colour stroking.

1. Unidentified chivalric romance, possibly Geraert van Viane

UNIT ID

mmfc-54510

Page range

fol. [1]r-v (defective)

Title

Unidentified chivalric romance, possibly Geraert van Viane

Language

Middle Dutch (main)

Quotation

Ende daer toe goenen wiin / Si ghingen metten bliden siin (fol. [1]r, col. A)

Incipit

Voer den coninc siin ghegaen / die hertoge knielde vele saen (fol. [1]r, col. B)

Quotation

Salic bliuen ongehangen / Ende gine sult mi niet ontgangen (fol. [1]v, col. A)

Explicit

Des hadden si wonder groot / Entie coninginne al bloot (fol. [1]v, col. B)

Keywords

Genre

chivalric literature
Manuscript description
  1. Fragment container
    1. Remaining fragment
      1. 1. Unidentified chivalric romance, possibly Geraert van Viane