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Contents:

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

Place of origin, date:

Utrecht, `Court-style'; c. 1400

Material:

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

Decoration:

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 DutchAcademy of Sciences), Amsterdam; since 1937 on permanent loan

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