Den Haag, KB, KA 18

Jacob van Maerlant, Rijmbijbel. Idem, Die Wrake van Jerusalem

Utrecht, `Court-style'; c. 1400

Beschrijving

10 column miniatures (c. 100x70 mm); 1 decorated inital with border decoration (f. 12r); penwork initials with pen-flourishes in Utrecht style (`Martinellum') throughout

Herkomst

Johannes van Es of Schoonhoven (1726); his sale in 1730. Jacobus Barbaardt of Haarlem; his sale in 1785 (Ms. in fol. no. 45), where purchased by J.A. Clignett (d. 1827); presented by Clignett to the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences), Amsterdam; since 1937 on permanent loan

Codicologie

Vellum, ff. 180, 315x240 (250x184) mm, 2 columns, 54 lines, littera textualis. Dutch. Binding: 18th-century red leather, gilt (after 1785)

Hier ziet u vanaf nummer 1 tot 10 van 10 illustraties.


1. The Trinity: God the Father, Christ and the Holy S...

2. The Creation: division of light and darkness

3. The Creation: trees and plants

4. The Creation: division of sea and earth

5. The Creation: sun and moon

6. The Creation: birds and fishes

7. The Creation: beasts of the field

8. The Creation: God forms Eve from Adam's rib

9. Christ and the symbols of the four Evangelists

10. The Emperor Titus before Jerusalem