Content:
Miscellany with devotional texts and prayers, all in Dutch
('devotieboek'). Note:
Material: Paper (used in octavo) from the 1550s; compare two
watermarks in pages 63-70 with Piccard 30874, 30875 and with
Briquet 9613. - Ink corrosion in the first part; top of pages 51-54
missing
Origin: Based on the language (eastern forms of Middle Dutch) and
the 16th century owner inscription (p. 212).
Pagination: In pencil: 1-256, 261-324. Text loss: damaged leaves:
pp. 51/52, 53/54; missing leaves between pp. 255/256 and
261/262.
Collation: IV (1-16), 2 (17-20), IV (21-36), IV-1 (37-50,), [...],
2 (51-54), 5IV (55-134), IV-3 (135-136, 137-138, 139-144,), 7IV
(145-256), [...], 4IV (261-324)
Rubrication: Capitals tipped with red paint; headings and
underlining in red; paragraph marks alternately in blue and red
Decoration: Three field initials painted in several colours, 4-5
lines high, with penwork (pp. 1, 37, 145); decorated initials
alternately painted in blue and red, 2-3 lines high.
Illustration: Two coloured woodcuts: Jesus in the garden of
Gethsemane, with his disciples (p. 212); Christ as Man of Sorrows,
surrounded by passion instruments (p. 256)
Binding: Medieval binding, contemporary. - Leather (brown,
blind-tooled; spine covering missing) over wooden boards. Remnants
of two clasp fastenings (closing back to front; straps, hooks and
catchplates missing). - New spine lining (textile) added between
old sewing supports.
Textual: The texts address a female user, in view of the mention of
"dienstmaegt" (pp. 171, 181, 291) "sondersse" (p. 231), "sondaers"
(p. 252). - (p. 145) Rubric: "Hier beghint eynen devoeten psalm of
ghebet des heylighen bisschops Johannes Rossensis om te vercrijgen
vergiffenisse der sonden". Incipit: "O heerschappende heer
almoghende groete ende onsichbaerlicke god Die hemel ende aerde
ende die zee met al datter in is doer uwe woert gheschapen hebt ...
". - This psalm and five others, covering pp. 145-211, are
translations from: Psalmi seu precationes by John Fisher
(1469-1535). Fisher, since 1504 bishop of Rochester, was executed
by Henry VIII for refusing to accept the king as supreme head of
the Church of England and for upholding papal supremacy. His
anthology was printed anonymously abroad in several editions from
about 1525 (Williams 1980).
Description (Bouwman 2023):
http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:3619870 Subject (temporal):
Middle Ages
16th century
