Smaragdus, Diadema monachorum

AuthorSmaragdus

Shelfmark The Hague, Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum, 10 D 13

Origin & date Eastern part of Northern France or Southern Netherlands; c. 1000-1100

Physical description

Vellum, ff. 164, 223x170 (150x110) mm, 18 lines, carolingian minuscule. Latin. Binding: 19th-century brown leather, gilt

Illumination

1 pendrawing; penwork initials (ff. 3r, 5v)

Provenance

owned by a church of St. Michael (St. Michel sur Meuse, near verdun?). Purchased in 1421 for the Benedictine Abby of St. Jacques, Liège, by their prior Philippus de Othey. Purchased in 1832 by W.H.J. van Westreenen from C.P. Serrure, Antwerp

Bibliography

Vermeeren & Dekker 1960, no. 139. - Boeren 1979, pp. 105-106

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; MMWMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, MMW, 10 D 13
Title (Dutch)	Smaragdus, Diadema monachorum
Title (index form)	Diadema monachorum
Translator (Dutch)	Smaragdus, Diadema monachorum
Origin & date (Dutch)	Oostelijk deel van Noord-Frankrijk of Zuidelijke Nederlanden; c. 1000-1100
Language of origin code	sn; fr
Origin (Dutch)	2 Zuidelijke Nederlanden; 0 Frankrijk
Place of origin	Eastern part of Northern France or Southern Netherlands
Date of origin	1000-1100
Physical description (Dutch)	Perkament, ff. 164, 223x170 (150x110) mm, 18 regels, Karolingische minuskel. Latijn. Band: 19de eeuws, bruin leer, goudstempeling
Decoration (Dutch)	1 pentekening; penwerk initialen (ff. 3r, 5v)
Related names (Dutch)	In het bezit van een kerk gewijd aan St. Michiel (mogelijk St. Michel sur Meuse, bij Verdun). Verworven in 1421 voor de Benedictijner abdij van St. Jacques, Luik, door hun prior Philippus de Othey. Verworven in 1832 door W.H.J. van Westreenen van C.P. Serrure, Antwerpen
Related names/collections	Liège, Abby of St. Jacques, Benedictines; Philippus de Othey; C.P. Serrure
Cataloguer's note	ask 13-7-99
Language	Latin
Language (Dutch)	Latijn
Geographic code	01 FR 01 02; 03 SN

1 illumination catalogued

f. 1rdrawing

David playing the harp

Ordo ad abbatem benedicendum

1000-1100

11I62(DAVID)33

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	9673
Sequence (global)	6504
Shelfmark	The Hague, MMW, 10 D 13
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, MMW, 10 D 13
Image size (mm)	120x115
Type	manuscript illumination
Caption (Dutch)	David speelt harp
Type (Dutch)	tekening
Text (Dutch)	Ordo ad abbatem benedicendum
Scene order key	1r
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands; 0 France
Origin (Dutch)	2 Zuidelijke Nederlanden; 0 France