Leiden. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 2383

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  • Contains, in Dutch: (ff. 1r-157r) Sinte Jheronymus sterfboeck. Letter to Damasus and Theodosius on Jerome's death by Pseudo-Eusebius, the letter to Cyril on the magnificence of Jerome by Pseudo-Augustine of Hippo, and the letter to Augustine of Hippo on the miracles of Jerome by Pseudo-Cyril. - (ff. 157v-164v) Sinte Jheronimus leven / Jacobus de Voragine. Excerpt from his Legenda Aurea. - (ff. 165r-225r) Die epistel den novicien ende den jonghen gheesteliken personen te leren in een geestelic leven / Hendrik van Coesvelt.
    Subject (temporal):
    Middle Ages
    15th century

    Titre(s) :
    Sinte Jheronymus sterfboeck, and other text(s), BPL 2383
    Hieronymusbrieven
    Sterfboek van Hieronymus
    Sinte Jheronimus leven
    Vita of St. Jerome
    Legenda aurea
    Die epistel den novicien ende den jonghen gheesteliken personen te leren in een geestelic leven
    Epistel van de novicen en jongen geestelijke personen
    Epistola de instructione noviciorum

    Langue(s) des textes : néerlandais, latin

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  • Textual: (ff. 1r-157r) Translation from Latin into Dutch of three letters of a pseudo-correspondence on Jerome: Epistola de morte gloriosissimi Hieronymi / Pseudo-Eusebius; Epistola de magnificentiis beati Hieronymi / Pseudo-Augustine; Epistola de miraculis Hieronymi / Pseudo-Cyril. Known in Dutch as: Sinte Jheronymus sterfboeck. - "Hier beghint die epistel des heilighen mans eusebii tot damasium biscop portuensem ende tot theodosium senatoer van romen vander doot des heilighen confessoers ende lerers jheronimi" (1r); "Hier na volghet die epistel die sinte augustinus sende sinte cyrillus den bischop van jherusalem vander groetheit des heilighen priesters jheronimus" (78v); "Hier nae volghet die epistel die sinte cyrillus die bischop toe jherusalem was sende sinte augustinus den hoghen lerer vanden miraculen sinte jheronimus des heilighen lerers ende priesters" (92v). - (ff. 157v-164v) Dutch translation of an excerpt on Jerome from Jacobus de Voragine's Legenda aurea; Southern-Netherlandish translation by the Bible Translator of 1360 (Petrus Naghel). - (ff. 165r-225r) Dutch translation of Hendrik van Coesvelt's Epistola de instructione noviciorum.
  • Also described by Handschriftencensus, MMDC and A.W. Byvanckgenootschap (database RKD, The Hague).
  • Purchased at an auction held by B.M. Israel (Arnhem) in 1940.

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