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Beinecke MS 1185
[Hainaut (Belgium)], 1437-1693.
Necrology and land register for the parish church of Hollain.
In Middle French, with some Latin.
68 ff. : parchment ; 350 x 270 mm.
- Material is open for research.
- Manuscript, on parchment, in a liturgical Gothic bookhand, with additional notes in
later hands, containing a necrology for the parish church of Hollain in Hainaut, including
information concerning the deceased, the donors, the donated properties, and the fees
for the celebrants. A brief list of obits (ff. 4-9v) is followed by a detailed list,
organized in calendar form (ff. 14-47). Notes added to some entries in later hands
contain corrections and updates to the original entries. The perpetual calendar of
obits is followed by a register of lands and incomes held by the parish of Hollain
(ff. 48-64v.).
- Purchased from Les Enluminures on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2013.
- Ownership inscription on verso of last leaf:"Antoine Descamps pasteur de Hollain 1607."
- Ownership inscription on verso of last leaf: "Alard Sprien pasteur de Hollain 1647
26 Januarii."
- Ownership inscription on verso of last leaf: "Pierre Lemari pasteur de hollain, x
julii 1660."
- Ownership inscription on verso of last leaf: "Paul François Deschamps pasteur de
hollain le 12 de decembre 1693."
- Layout: single column with varying number of lines.
- Script: Gothic liturgical bookhand.
- Decoration: Rubricated. Initials in red or blue; paragraph marks in alternating red
and blue.
- Binding: Remnant of original wooden binding attached to back of volume.
- Necrology and Land Register for the Parish Church of Hollain. General Collection,
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects:
- Catholic Church -- Early works to 1800.
- Church property -- Hainaut (Belgium) -- Early works to 1800.
- Endowments
- Manuscripts, Medieval -- Connecticut -- New Haven.
- Necrologies -- Early works to 1800.
- Obituaries -- Early works to 1800.
- Parishes (Canon law) -- Hainaut (Belgium) -- Early works to 1800.
- Hainaut (Belgium) -- Early works to 1800.
- Death registers -- Hainaut (Belgium) -- 15th century.
- Manuscripts, Medieval -- Hainaut (Belgium) -- 15th century.
- Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.