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The illuminated Brabantsche yeesten manuscripts IV 684 and IV 685 in the Royal Library of Belgium : an unfinished project of Brabantine historiography: description, list of illustrations and index of persons depicted
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Abstract
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| The Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels is the custodian of two intriguing fifteenth-century manuscripts that contain part of the fourteenth-century Brabantine chronicle Brabantsche yeesten, by the Antwerp council clerk Jan van Boendale (IV 684 and IV 685). One of them contains no less than 69 illuminations, while the other was obviously intended to be illustrated in the same way, but never was. They are the only medieval manuscript version of the chronicle to ever have been illustrated, making them popular among medievalistst studying the Duchy of Brabant. Surprisingly, very little scholarly work has been done on the illuminations as such, and the manuscript context in which they are found. We also see that a handful of illustrations return time and again in scholarly publications, while others are less known. Now that the Library has digitised the manuscripts and made them available online, we provide an updated description and an annotated list of illustrations, with an index of persons and places depicted. We hope to provide scholars easier access to this rich collection of illustrations, which is of interest not only to medievalistst studying Brabant, but to medievalists studying western Europe generally. |
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English
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In monte artium : journal of the Royal Library of Belgium. - Turnhout, 2008, currens
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Publication
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Turnhout
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Brepols
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2018
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ISSN
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2031-3098
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2507-0312
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DOI
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10.1484/J.IMA.5.116486
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11
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Full text (open access)
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