Enter the name currently used for the text carrier that you are looking for by providing a document name as given in an inventory or catalogue, shorthand or epithet, such as ‘Memorieboek van het Nicolaasconvent’, or ‘Memorial register of the St Nicholas’ Convent’.

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If the MeMO identification number of the text carrier that you are looking for is already known to you, enter it here.

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Select a type of text carrier, e.g. manuscript with one text, manuscript with more than one text to restrict your search to all text carriers of this type.

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To restrict your search to text carriers of a certain classification, select that classification, e.g. manuscript with one text written in one hand, miscellany, or composite. A miscellany is a text carrier containing several (types of) texts that share a common ground; often these texts originate in a single institution and the separate texts may be somehow connected. A composite is a text carrier with texts that may lack this common ground; often these texts come from different origins (i.e. institution and date) and have ended up in the same text carrier merely due to their physical size. See also Purpose and intended users, section 2.4 and Text carriers and texts, section 5.1.

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Select a type of memorial text to restrict your search to text carriers that contain that type, e.g. register of gifts, register of memorial services, and narrative source with one or more historical events. See also Text carriers and texts, section 5.1.

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Enter the name of the holding institution if you wish to find text carriers that are being kept in that institution.

This field uses AJAX technology, which may help you find the names used in the database. Note that you may get no results even if the name you have entered pops up in the search field. In that case there is no text carrier known from this holding institution, but the database has connected this holding institution with an object from this institution.

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Enter the name of the city, town or village where the holding institution was located.

This field uses AJAX technology, which may help you find the names used in the database. Note that you may get no results even if the name you have entered pops up in the search field. In that case there is no text carrier known from a holding institution from this settlement, but the database has connected this settlement with an object from a holding institution in this settlement.

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Select ‘yes’ to restrict your search to text carriers or memorial texts whose original institution is known.

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Enter the Dutch name of the religious or ecclesiastical community/institution where the memorial text of your search was originally used. Alternative names are also provided for, such as St. Maartenskerk (Domkerk). When entering ‘Sint’ before a name, abbreviate to ‘St.’.

If the original institution is your point of departure, you are advised to use the Institutions database, since it has specified search options concerning the original institution.

This field uses AJAX technology, which may help you find the names used in the database. Note that you may get no results even if the name you have entered pops up in the search field. In that case there is no text carrier known from this institution, but the database has connected this institution with an object.

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Enter the name of the city, town or village where the original institution was located.

This field uses AJAX technology, which may help you find the names used in the database. Note that you may get no results even if the name you have entered pops up in the search field. In that case there is no text carrier known from an institution from this settlement, but the database has connected this settlement with an object from an institution in this settlement.

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This field allows you to search for memorial texts from specific types of religious or ecclesiastical community/institution, according to the following classification:

• Chapel
• Chapter (collegiate church)
• Corporation (e.g. confraternity, guild)
• Monastery, convent or religious house
• Hospital or orphanage
• Parish

Note that parish churches that also contained a chapter may be listed under chapter. See also Institutions, section 6.1.

If the original institution is the point of departure of your search, you are advised to use the Institutions database, since it has specified search options concerning the original institution.

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To restrict your search to text carriers that have undergone alterations, select the changes you are looking for. These changes may have occurred while the text carrier still had a memorial function, e.g. added pages, loose leaves added, or pages removed. Damage is not taken into account. See also Purpose and intended users, section 2.4.

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Select ‘yes’ to restrict your search to find text carriers that underwent any known procedures to conserve them. See also Purpose and intended users, section 2.4.

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Select ‘yes’ to restrict your search to find text carriers that contain a contemporary (i.e. medieval or early modern) table of contents.

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Select ‘yes’ to restrict your search to find text carriers that contain a colophon with information about the persons who were responsible for the text(s).

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Select ‘yes’ to restrict your search to find text carriers that contain one or more texts with rubrication.

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Select ‘yes’ to restrict your search to find text carriers that contain any heraldry.

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Select ‘yes’ to restrict your search to find text carriers that contain any illustrations.

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To restrict your search to text carriers that contain illustrations of a certain type, select that type of illustration, e.g. decorated initials, maps or topographical drawings, or miniatures.

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Select ‘yes’ to restrict your search to find text carriers of which any editions and/or facsimiles exist.

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To restrict your search to texts of a specific type, select the word you use for this type of text. This list provides you with a choice of terms that are used in the field of memoria research, such as chronicle, necrology, or register of graves. See also Text carriers and texts, section 5.1.

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If the MeMO identification number of the memorial text that you are looking for is already known to you, enter it here.

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Enter a year (e.g. 1448) or period (e.g. 1465-1572) to restrict your search to text carriers that were made at that moment or in that period, e.g. 1448 for a copy from 1448 of a register of gifts that was originally written around 1422, or 1465-1572 for a convent’s register of memorial services started in 1465 and kept until the convent’s dissolution in 1572. You may use > and < to restrict your search to texts that were created after or before the entered date, for instance ‘>1430’ to search for texts that were created after 1430. It is also possible to approximate the date by adding ‘ca.’. Note that ‘ca.’ must not be followed by a space, but directly by the year, as in ‘ca.1430’.

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To restrict your search to memorial texts that were written at a certain moment or in a certain period, enter that year or period, e.g. 1407 for a chronicle that was originally written in 1407, regardless of whether the physical text carrier dates from 1407. You may use > and < to restrict your search to texts that were created after or before the entered date, for instance ‘>1430’ to search for texts that were created after 1430. It is also possible to approximate the date by adding ‘ca.’. Note that ‘ca.’ must not be followed by a space, but directly by the year, e.g. ‘ca.1430’.

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Enter a year (e.g. 1407) or period (e.g. 1391-1425) to restrict your search to memorial texts that cover that moment or period, e.g. 1391-1425 for a register of gifts that covers that period, regardless of whether the text was written in that year or period. You may use > and < to restrict your search to texts that were created after or before the entered date, for instance ‘>1430’ to search for texts that were created after 1430. It is also possible to approximate the date by adding ‘ca.’. Note that ‘ca.’ must not be followed by a space, but directly by the year, e.g. ‘ca.1429’

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To restrict your search to memorial texts whose entries are ordered in a certain way, select the manner in which the entries should be organised, e.g. chronologically by year, according to the liturgical calendar, or at random.

Click the plus icon if you wish to add another type of registration. Click the minus icon to remove a selected type of registration. Click the question mark to close this help text.

If you are searching for memorial texts with a specific intended use, indicate that use here to restrict your search, e.g. for communal use or private use, with either liturgical, educational or administrative purposes. Note that prayer is included in the liturgical purposes. See also The commemoration of the dead, sections 1.3 and 1.4.

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Select the intended location or locations were the memorial text you are looking for was probably used inside the institution, e.g. in a church, chapel, or refectory.

Click the plus icon if you wish to add another location of usage. Click the minus icon to remove a selected location of usage. Click the question mark to close this help text.

Enter the name of the person responsible for the (intellectual or physical) contents of the text that you are looking for. This can be either the name of an author (or a descriptive name connected to the intellectual contents of the texts), a compiler or a scribe. See also Text carriers and texts, section 5.1 (Author).

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Select the role performed by the person responsible for the contents of the text that you are looking for. This role can be either ‘author, ‘compiler’, ‘scribe’, or a combination of these.

Click the plus icon if you wish to add another role. Click the minus icon to remove a selected role. Click the question mark to close this help text.

Select ‘yes’ to restrict your search to memorial texts whose commissioning party is known. See also Text carriers and texts, section 5.1 (Commissioning party).

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