3 fragments in Middle Dutch.

Membra disjecta, or removed from bindings.

1. Jacob Van Maerlant - Rijmbijbel. [14th c.]. Two fragments (strips, membra disjecta) from a rubricated vellum manuscript, in 2 columns c. 3,5/4 x 14,5/15 cm, taken from a binding. Text corresponding, with interesting variants, to the following lines in the ed. by M. Gysseling (1983): 12901-12909, 12950-12959, 12999-13008 and 13048-13057 (A), 13099-13107, 13149-13157, 13198-13207 and 13248-13256 (B). 2. One gathering of a Dutch 8vo-size religious manuscript, c. 15 x 20 cm, 6 ff., pen numbered 11-18 (lacking ff. 14-15), with rubricated headings or divisions ('Verstant', 'Nota'), old wrappers. The text apparently comments lines of the Ex(s)ultet or Easter Proclamation, i.e. the hymn of praise sung before the paschal candle during the Easter Vigil in the Roman Rite of Mass (ff. 11r-16v). The comment is followed (ff. 16v-18r) by an explanation of the (religious) symbolism of "Nacht" ("Night"), and (f. 18v) by the beginning of a text "Van tsacrement des helighen doopsels". Joined: 2 Dutch fragments, a small one in Eastern Dutch or Western Low German, another from an archival document. (5 pcs)