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

AuthorJacob van Maerlant

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KA 18

Origin & date Utrecht, `Court-style'; c. 1400

Physical description

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

Illumination

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

Provenance

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

Bibliography

Byvanck & Hoogewerff 1922-1925, no. 5, pls. 102, 103. - Hoogewerff 1936, pp. 82-85, figs. 30-31. - Byvanck 1937, pp. 22, 118, fig. 20. - Rickert 1949, pp. 86-89, figs. 11-12. - Brussels 1971, no. 7, pl. 5. - Boon 1977a, p. 30 ff., figs. 33-34. - The Hague 1980, no. 65, pl. - Brandhorst & Broekhuijsen-Kruijer 1985, no. 118

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
NU	xx
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; KBMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, KA 18
Title (index form)	Rijmbijbel; Die Wrake van Jerusalem
Language of origin code	nn
Place of origin	Utrecht
Date of origin	1400 (c.)
Illuminator / Master	Court style
Decoration style	Utrecht penwork (`Martinellum')
Related names/collections	Amsterdam, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen; Amsterdam, Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences; Es, J. van; Barnaardt, J.; Clignett, J.A.
Cataloguer's note	ask 7-2000
DI	1A 1:07-08
Language	Dutch
Language (Dutch)	Nederlands
Classification code	01 A 12
Geographic code	01 NL 02 UT UT

10 illuminations catalogued

f. 12rcolumn miniature

The Trinity: God the Father, Christ and the Holy Spirit as a dove

Genesis

1400 (c.)

11B32

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	7581
Sequence (global)	4641
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, KA 18
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, KA 18
Image size (mm)	100x75
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	12r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands

f. 12vcolumn miniature

The Creation: division of light and darkness

Genesis

1400 (c.)

71A21

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	7582
Sequence (global)	4642
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, KA 18
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, KA 18
Image size (mm)	100x75
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	12v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = ka18_012v.jpg

f. 13racolumn miniature

The Creation: trees and plants

Genesis

1400 (c.)

71A231

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	7583
Sequence (global)	4643
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, KA 18
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, KA 18
Image size (mm)	100x70
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	13ra
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands

f. 13rbcolumn miniature

The Creation: division of sea and earth

Genesis

1400 (c.)

71A23

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	7584
Sequence (global)	4644
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, KA 18
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, KA 18
Image size (mm)	100x70
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	13rb
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands

f. 13vacolumn miniature

The Creation: sun and moon

Genesis

1400 (c.)

71A24

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	7585
Sequence (global)	4645
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, KA 18
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, KA 18
Image size (mm)	100x70
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	13va
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands

f. 13vbcolumn miniature

The Creation: birds and fishes

Genesis

1400 (c.)

71A251

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	7586
Sequence (global)	4646
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, KA 18
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, KA 18
Image size (mm)	90x70
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	13vb
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands

f. 14racolumn miniature

The Creation: beasts of the field

Genesis

1400 (c.)

71A252

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	7587
Sequence (global)	4647
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, KA 18
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, KA 18
Image size (mm)	100x75
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	14ra
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands

f. 14rbcolumn miniature

The Creation: God forms Eve from Adam's rib

Genesis

1400 (c.)

71A3421

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	7588
Sequence (global)	4648
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, KA 18
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, KA 18
Image size (mm)	97x72
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	14rb
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands

f. 112rcolumn miniature

Christ and the symbols of the four Evangelists

Gospels

1400 (c.)

11D32 11I42

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	7589
Sequence (global)	4649
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, KA 18
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, KA 18
Image size (mm)	100x70
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	112r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands

f. 141rcolumn miniature

The Emperor Titus before Jerusalem

Die Destructie van Jherusalem

1400 (c.)

45K21 61E(JERUSALEM)98B(TITUS)4

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	7590
Sequence (global)	4650
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, KA 18
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, KA 18
Image size (mm)	100x75
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	141r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands