Content:
Contains: (ff. IVr-VIv) Engraving of the Dutch catholic priest
Martinus van Velden (died 1639), followed by a short account of his
life and martyrdom. Added in 18th century. - (ff. 1r-27v and
83v-90r) Spieghel der volcomenheit / Hendrik Herp. - (ff. 27v-33v)
Vander dochtere van Syon. - (ff. 93v-116v) Die bedudenisse vander
heiligher misse. (f. VIIr) Engraving by J. Boel, depicting the Four
Last Things (death, judgment, heaven and hell). Later added. - (ff.
117r-148v) Various devotional texts (a.o. on patience and the
virtue of keeping silence) and dicta ascribed to Bernard of
Clairvaux. - (ff. 149r-277v) Vitis mystica / Bonaventure (?). Dutch
translation. - (ff. VIIIr-IXv) Note about the provenance of the
manuscript (Nazareth monastery in Leiden). Added in 18th century. -
Empty: ff. Ir-IIIv. Note:
With 9 later added leaves. Front: ff. I-VI (18th century). -
Between ff. 116-117: f. VII. - Back: ff. VIII-IX (18th
century).
Script: ff. V-VI and VIII-IX written in same hand.
Binding: Post-medieval binding.
Textual: (ff. 1r-27v and 083v-90r) Dutch translation of Herp's
Speculum perfectionis. Excerpts: chs. 1-13 and chs. 47-48. - (ff.
149r-277v) There exist two texts called Vitis mystica, one by
Bonaventure and one by a Pseudo-Bonaventure.
Description (Bouwman 2023):
http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:3619870
Description (Rogge & 1887):
http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:124748
Description (Catalogus compendiarius 1937):
http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:491717
Description (Lieftinck 1948):
http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:489936
Description (BNM 452):
http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:1906558
Also described by Handschriftencensus and MMDC. Subject (temporal):
Middle Ages
15th century