Leuven, KU Leuven Bibliotheken Bijzondere Collecties, Ms. 1500

Robertus Monachus, Historia Hierosolymitana (fragment)

Manuscript description

Manuscript ID

mmfc-15649

Title

Robertus Monachus, Historia Hierosolymitana (fragment)

Collection

Leuven, KU Leuven Bibliotheken Bijzondere Collecties

Shelfmark

Leuven, KU Leuven Bibliotheken Bijzondere Collecties, Ms. 1500

Manuscript Category

history

Document type

library book / reference book

Topic

crusade

Provenance

Owner
Jozef-Maria De Smet (b. 1916, d. 1996)
Date
20th century
Evidence type
Secondary source

Acquisition

The 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/IE2238389/manifest
https://fragmentarium.ms/metadata/iiif/F-1aq6/manifest.json

Other online data sources

Fragmentarium

Folder

UNIT ID

mmfc-15650

Leaf count

2 fol. (1 very incomplete bifolio)

Remaining fragment

UNIT ID

mmfc-15648

Page range

fol. [1]-[2]

Form

Codex

Integrity

Fragment: 1 bifolium, with only the upper part preserved.

Language

Latin (main)

Notes

Provenance
Fragment was used in a binding for a register related to the towns of Diest and Deurne, according to a handwritten note ("DIEST DOIRNE") on fol. [2].

Origin

Date
12th century (Godfried Croenen)
Evidence
Script

Support

Material

Parchment

Number of leaves

2

Foliation

Medieval foliation, Pagination

Page dimensions

h: 92 mm x w: 184 mm (fol. [1]) , leaves trimmed
h: 94 mm x w: 206 mm (fol. [2]) , leaves trimmed

Layout

Section
fol. [1]r-[2]v
Description
2 columns of 9 remaining lines; no ruling visible.
Columns
2
Layout formula
| T | | T |
Ruling
No ruling
Prickings
prickings visible in outer margin
Intercolumnar space
8 mm

Writing

Script

Praegothica

Description of hands

Praegothica, with additions to text written in a different hand.

Decoration

Type

plain initials, ornamental initials, initials with marginal extensions

Description

Fol. [2] contains a plain initial in silver or golden ink. Traces of red pen flourishes, one initial covered with acid-free paper, making the type of decoration not discernable.

1. Robertus Monachus, Historia Hierosolymitana

UNIT ID

mmfc-15645

Page range

fol. [1]r-[2]v (defective)

Title

Robertus Monachus, Historia Hierosolymitana

Historia Hierosolymitana

Contributors

Robertus Monachus (author)

Language

Latin (main)

Quotation

immensa praeda remeaverunt (fol. [1]r)

Quotation

[que libentius fugisset, si sumptis alis vol]are potuisset. Sed quibus na[tura] (fol. [2]v)

Notes

Textual content
  • Fol. [1]: Book VIII, ch. 4-5.
  • Fol. [2]: Book IX, ch. 1.
Manuscript description
  1. Folder
    1. Remaining fragment
      1. 1. Robertus Monachus, Historia Hierosolymitana