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)
