Content:
Dutch translation of a Latin adaptation/compilation of
Pseudo-Bonaventure's Meditationes vitae Christi and Ludolph of
Saxony's Vita Christi, known in studies of Middle Dutch literary
history as: "Het Pseudo-Bonaventura-Ludolfiaanse Leven van Jezus".
Prologue, epilogue and table of contents are missing. Note:
Origin: (Holland, possibly the Great Beguinage in Haarlem) based on
the style of the decoration (see Byvanck database).
Date: Based on colophon: (f. 195r) "Ghescreven int jaer ons heren
Mc°c°c°c° ende ix. op des heilichs cruus avont alst verheven
wart."
Foliation: Contemporary.
Binding: Post-medieval binding. - Parchment over pasteboard. With
coat of arms stamped in gold.
Textual: Edited by De Bruin 1980
Description (Bouwman 2023):
http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:3619870
Description (BNM 459):
http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:1905411
Also described by MMDC, Handschriftencensus and A.W.
Byvanckgenootschap (database RKD, The Hague). Subject (temporal):
Middle Ages
15th century
