Charter listing privileges of the convent | 1r - 1r |
Note concerning a gift of 500 pounds by six other convents, 1444 | 1v - 1v |
Copy of the foundation charter | 2r - 4v |
Blank | 5r - 6r |
Note about the origin of the third order of St Francis and request for future readers to continue the chronicle | 6v - 6v |
Chronicle of the convent (longer version) | 7r - 27r |
Blank | 27v - 30r |
Copy of the charter concerning the gifts by six convents in 1444 | 30v - 31r |
Type of text carrier | Manuscript with one text |
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Classification | Manuscript with one text written in more than one hand |
Short description | Manuscript from late 15th century, containing the longer version of the chronicle of the St Nicholas' convent in Utrecht. A shorter version of this chronicle is held at Het Utrechts Archief (HUA) (708, no. 986) (MeMO TC ID 240). |
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Holding institution | Utrecht, Universiteitsbibliotheek Utrecht |
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Collection | Speciale collecties |
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Identifier in collection | 1260 |
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Alternative collection identifiers | Scriptores historici medii aevi (= Hist.) no. 13 |
Accessibility | Facsimile on the website of UBU; facsimile on the website www.utrechtsekronieken.nl |
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Number of leaves | 31 |
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Height x width | 160 x 110 |
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Specification | Simple parchment cover, the back flap painted dark brown. On the cover has been written Hier vintmen hoe dat onse convent ierst begonnen is, and in a later hand: Beginsels der Utregse kloosters en conventen. |
Date of the cover | end of 15th century |
Specification | Contemporary |
Each page contains 23 lines of writing. |
Is there a contemporary (e.g. medieval) table of contents in the text carrier? | no |
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Is there a colophon in the text carrier? | no |
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Are the texts in the text carrier rubricated? | yes |
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Specification | One decorated initial on f. 7r: a blue O, with red penwork flourishing extending into the margins. In the middle of the letter a dragon with vegetal motifs is depicted in red lines on a green background. |
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Specification | Stamp of the University of Utrecht on the bottom of f. 1r |
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Date | 1477 |
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Date | >1475-<1500 |
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Specification | end of 15th century |
Date | 1337-1477 |
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Specification | Main text in Dutch. Some documents in Latin. |
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Written in two hands. The last pages are written in a different hand, 'not after 1500' (Vermeulen 1852, 73). Both hands littera hybrida. |
Presumably at the convent itself (named onse convent in the incipit). |
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Type of registration | chronologically |
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A shorter version of this chronicle is: Utrecht, Utrechts Archief, I 986 (MeMO TC ID 240). |
Type of narrative source | annals/chronicle |
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Short summary of the contents | Chronicle of the St Nicholas' convent in Utrecht, covering the years 1337-1477. |
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Om te weten hoe ende in wat tijden dat convent ende cloester van Sinter Claes begonnen is... |
...Gegeven int jaer ons heren dusent vierhondert ende seven en seventich, op sanct Jacob dach des heiligen Apostels. |
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