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Coded Printed MS information Printing & sorting information
0 NON-ALPHABETIC SIGNS  
1 TEXT  
1.1 SCRIPT  
hands two, possibly three, hands (plus somewhat later ownership mark and two later corrections by user);
see also 2.4 'Further History of the Codex' 		ED and CN: printed in different fonts
COUNTS: letter counts for various hands see 'Table of Letters'
  Hand A
1ra1–21rb21 and 22ra22–28rb31 		ED: Ehrhardt
CN: Garamond
Hand B
21rb22–22ra21 and 28va1–67vb19 		 ED: Garamond
CN: Garamond
{!} {!}Dit (250,24) [F,-] 
Hand C
42ra22–42rb25
or possibly Hand B writing in French and imitating the handwriting used in the original 		 ED and CN: Garamond italic
small letters see Introduction: Hülsmann ED and CN: Roman type
   
large small letters occasionally 'a' and 'j', and once 'c' and 'i', not at the beginning of a verse-line, but somewhere else in the text, with no obvious function;
see Introduction: Hülsmann 		ED and CN: small capitals;
see 'hands' above
SORT: in word forms as diacritics;
small caps again at beg. of conc.
{sc}Aren (189 [a 44, c 1, i 1, j 142, s 1]) 3vb28 a{sc}ren; 2vb1 c{sc}lagen; 57va21 [c[i/i{sc}]c]n; 2va26 j{sc}erich; and 14ra32 s{sc}us  
1.2 TEXTUAL STRUCTURE
see also ALPHABETICAL SIGNS
SORT: structural signs sorted at beg. of conc. in the order as they appear below ?? 		 
initials   1. large initial at beginning of first poem
  2. smaller initals ('lombardes'), frequently at beginning of larger poems 		HANDS: see 1.1 'hands'
COUNTS: see 'Table of Letters'
SORT: beg. of conc.
[[[U]]]U (1) 1ra1 [[[U]]]R{cc}ouwe
large initial 'U' at beginning of codex, spread over first seven lines 		 ED: bold capital letter spanning first seven lines
CN: print in MtClarendon
[[K]]K (56) 3ra13 [[K]]E{cc}er
small initial, spread over first two verse-lines 		ED: bold capital letter spanning first two verse-lines
CN: set in MtClarendon
[1[M]1]M (2) 32ra24 and 52va8 [1[M]1]en and [1[I]1]ch
special position of small initial, spread over the blank line above the first verse-line and the first verse-line itself 		ED: bold capital letter spanning the blank line above the first verse-line and the first verse-line itself
CN: set in MtClarendon
[2[I]2]I (1) 30ra38 [2[I]2]N{cc}
special position of small initial, spread over the first verse-line of the poem (the last line of that particular column) and the blank line below it 		ED: bold capital letter, spreading over the first verse-line and the blank line below it
CN: set in MtClarendon
[3[O]3]O (1) 48vb32 [3[O]3]{r}P{cc}h
special position of small initial, spread over the first three verse-lines of the poem (at the end of the column) 		ED: bold capital letter, spreading over the first three verse-lines
CN: set in MtClarendon
[o[[[E]]]o][E] (2)
see 3 'Editorial Decisions' 		ED: omitted (two lines)
CN: [E] in MtClarendon
capital letters   1. frequently at the beginning of a (shorter) poem
  2. the letter following an initial
  3. at the beginning of a verse-line in the capital letter column
  4. at the beginning of a verse-line in text
  5. at the beginning of a title
  6. at the beginning of an explicit
  7. at the beginning of a comment in the text
  8. at the beginning of a comment preceding or following poem
  9. at the beginning of a marginal comment, part of text;
see Introduction: Hülsmann 		ED and CN: Roman capitals
HANDS: see 1.1 'hands'
COUNTS: see 'Table of Letters'
'Rom. cap.'O (??) [??] 3rb26 Owee
beginning of short poem 		 
'Rom. cap.'[[$[K]$]]Eer (??) [??] 3ra13 [[$[K]$]]Eer
letter following a small initial 		 
'Rom. cap.'Sint (??) [??] 1ra9 Sint
at the beginning of verse-line in capital letter column 		 
'Rom. cap.'. Ein (??) [??] 20va2 . Ein goyter moyt /
at the beginning of verse-line in text 		 
'Rom. cap.'Dit (??) [??] 6rb36 Dit seyt noydekin
beginning of title 		 
'Rom. cap.'Die (??) [??] 4ra12 Die rauen zeyt
at the beginning of a comment in the text 		 
'Rom. cap.'Bezint (??) [??] 5vb31 Bezint
beginning of an occasional comment preceding or following a poem 		 
'Rom. cap.'Explicit (??) [??] 3ra12 Explicit
beginning of 'explicit' 		 
'Rom. cap.'Rein (??) [??] 6ra34/35 Rein
beginning of marginal comment, part of the text to which it is joined by strokes 		 
capital letter function a letter that resembles in its representation a small letter, but has the function of a capital letter because:
  1. of its position:
    a. at the beginning of a short poem
    b. following an initial
    c. beginning of a verse-line in the capital letter column
    d. beginning of a verse-line in text
    e. beginning of a title
    f. beginning of 'Explicit'
    g. beginning of a comment
    h. beginning of an occasional comment
  2. it differs in size from a small letter; and/or
  3. it is singled out by
    a. a special horizontal or vertical stroke; and/or
    b. by rubrication (yellow and/or red);
see Introduction: Hülsmann 		ED and CN: italic capitals
HANDS: see 1.1 'hands'
COUNTS: see 'Table of Letters'
'italic cap.'$er (??) [??] 5rb29 H{cc}er goet compaen
at the beginning of a small poem 		 
'italic cap.'Ern (??) [??] 3va14 [[E]]Y{cc}n
following an initial 		 
'italic cap.'!a (??) [??] 1ra8 D{cc}a van tsoent genadeliche /
at the beginning of a verse-line in the capital letter column 		 
'italic cap.'!ie (??) [??] 3vb28 D{cc}ie a{sc}ren seyt
at the beginning of a comment in the text 		 
'italic cap.'uer (??) [??] 6ra33 W{cc}er weyt
at the beginning of a comment preceding or following a text 		 
   
paragraph signs   1. text structuring elements; or
  2. aids for oral delivery; or
  3. possibly both 		ED and CN: paragraph signs
DATA BASE: retain coding
SORT: beg. of conc.
{p}(19) 14rb16
in the left margin, or before the first word, of the line where it occurs 		 
{po}(170) 7va26m
paragraph sign, possibly to mark certain passages for oral delivery 		 
{ps}(342) 1ra14m
paragraph sign, to mark stanzas in a poem 		 
{pso}(27) 3vb23m
paragraph sign, possibly having both previous functions 		 
nota signs see ALPHABETICAL SIGNS under 'T' ED and CN: printed as such
SORT: beg. of conc.
versus signs see ALPHABETICAL SIGNS under 'V' ED and CN: printed as such
SORT: beg. of conc.
marginal strokes vertical stroke possibly with a text structuring function ED and CN: vertical stroke
SORT: beg. of conc.
{@/}| (101) 5ra33  
braces lines joining words in the right or left margin of the text to various lines in the text ED: added by hand
CN: braces in symbol font
DATA BASE: retains coding
SORT: beg. of conc.
{{t} (1) 56ra11
beginning of first verse-line joined 		 ED and CN: top of brace opening to the left
{{} (43) 56ra12
beginning of following verse-line(s) joined 		 ED and CN: middle of brace opening to the left
{{b} (1) 56ra13
beginning of last verse-line joined 		 ED and CN: bottom of brace opening to the left
{}t} (11) 4ra33
end of first verse-line joined 		 ED and CN: top of brace opening to the right
{}} (20) 4ra34
end of following verse-line(s) joined 		 ED and CN: middle of brace opening to the right
{}b} (11) 4ra35
end of last verse-line joined 		 ED and CN: bottom of brace opening to the right
[}[ ]}][}[Rein]}] (18) 6ra34-5} {{}[}[Rein]}]
word(s) in right margin, joined to text with lines 		ED: printed in right margin, with lines drawn in by hand
CN: printed with code and reference
SORT: word form at end of conc.
[{[ ]{][{[\nW\]{] (1) 56ra11-12{ [{[{\}no<ta9>{\}]{]}
word(s) in left margin, joined to text with lines 		ED: printed in left margin, with lines drawn in by hand
CN: printed with code and reference
SORT: word form at end of conc.
[ ][{Rein] (2) 6ra34 [{{}Rein]
duplicate copies of marginal word(s) linked to verse-lines with lines 		ED: omitted
CN: printed in square brackets after each verse-line to which they refer (indicated by the braces)
SORT: not sorted
{–}— (10) 20vb23
horizontal stroke joining the 'versus' sign to the end of the verse-line to which it refers 		ED: added by hand
CN: em-dash
SORT: at beg. of conc.
letter styles (textura) emphasising some titles, comments, explicits ED and CN: bold larger small letters
COUNTS: see 'Table of Letters'
SORT: beg. of conc.
! !Vanden   "xplicit (77) 56ra13 (title), 3ra12
textura 		 
=13= line fillings line-fillings, before and/or after comments, explicits, etc. ED and CN: printed as such
SORT: beg. of conc.
~~ Orlof ~ (36) 12vb8 ~ Orlof ~  
underlinings or (partially) words boxed in emphasising words, titles, comments, explicits ED and CN: underlined
SORT: beg. of conc.
\...\xrou (378) 1va38
word(s) underlined 		ED: underlined by hand
CN: underlined (use GCAL command)
\\...\\Explicit (61) 20rb11
word boxed in, partially or completely, or other additional flourishes 		ED: added by hand
CN: underlining with backslash at each end (use GCAL command)
1.3 TEXTUAL SIGNS  
word abbreviation full-stop raised to middle of line ED and CN: printed as such
SORT: in word form as diacritic;
sign itself at beg. of conc.;
abbreviated word form again at end
{:}.X. (4) 26ra4 co<ninc>{:}
remainder of word abbreviated 		  SORT: e.g. separately after 'coninc' ??
{::}po:. (2) [F] 42ra36 po<ur7>{::}
abbreviation point combined with abbreviation sign 		  SORT: in FRENCH conc. after 'pour' ??
word division   1. unmarked
  2. hyphen end of line, beg. of next line
  3. equal sign end of line 		SORT: as one word;
in word form as diacritic;
sign itself at beg. of conc.;
divided word form again at end
{/} {/}love
zan 		(2,2) [F, -] 1ra6/7 love{/} / {/}zan;
42rb10/11 ex{/} {/}ception
word split at beginning or end of line without any special sign
see also 3 'Editorial Decisions' 		ED: not marked and printed as in MS
CN: not marked, but usual end-of-line / will appear in middle of word
{-/} {/}reco-/
ureur 		(2) [F] 42ra38/39 reco{-/} / /ureur
word split at end of line with hyphen 		ED: hyphen
CN: printing {-/} as -/, and usual end-of-line / will appear in middle of word
{=/} {/}grue=/
nen 		(1) 48vb33/34 grue{=/} / {/}nen
word split at end of line with equal sign 		ED: equal sign
CN: printing {=/} as =/, and usual end-of-line / will appear in middle of word
{/} {/-}key
/-serinne 		(1) 1ra1/2 key{/} / {/-}serinne
word split at end of line without any special sign; hyphen at beginning of second part of word 		ED: hyphen
CN: printing {/-} as /-, and usual end-of-line / will appear in middle of word
insertion marks   1. two vertical strokes
  2. caret
  3. loop 		SORT: at beg. of conc.
{//}willen // [^[(//doet8]^] (2) 43va21 willen {//} [^[{(}{//}doete<n>]^]
two vertical lines as insertion mark 		 ED and CN: two slashes in text and at the beginning of word
{^}^ [^[^doen]^] (3) 49vb1 {^} [^[{^}doen]^]
caret as insertion mark 		 ED and CN: caret within line and preceding word
{(}(_erloub; (2) 22ra27wv [~[{(}erloub<et>]~]
loop functioning as insertion mark 		ED: and CN: bottom close brace followed (overlapped) by underline
numbers Roman numerals surrounded by full-stops raised to middle of line ED and CN: printed as such
SORT: beg. of conc.;
see 4 'Concordance Production'
{;}.ij. (44) 11vb40 &{;}ij{;}; 39va6 &j{;}; 60vb6 vijf{;}
a dot after, or before and after roman numerals (once also after word 'vijf') 		SORT: vijf{;} both at beg. of conc. with numbers and alphabetically
verse-line markers   1. full-stop raised a third of line
  2. vertical stroke 		SORT: beg. of conc.
.. (61) 20va2 rijch . Ein
dot marking end of verse-line 		 ED and CN: dot raised a third of the linedepth
{/+/}| (1) 42ra34 doubtant |
vertical stroke marking end of verse-line 		 ED and CN: vertical stroke
1.4 SELF-CORRECTIONS BY THE SCRIBE  
word separation or joining
{/-/}| (2) 10vb10 bereydt {/-/} bin
a vertical stroke between two words with spaces before (and after) the sign; no obvious function 		 ED and CN: vertical stroke preceded and followed by space
SORT: sign at beg. of conc.
{/_/}| (22) 28va8 waer{/_/}ich
vertical stroke with which scribe separates two words, accidentally written together 		 ED and CN: two words printed together, separated by vertical stroke
SORT: as two words: waer| and |ich, with | as diacritic;
sign itself at beg. of conc.;
separated word forms again at end
{/=/}ge_bout (1) 66rb14 ge{/=/}bout
sign with which scribe joins parts of words, written separately 		 ED and CN: printed as underline
SORT: in word form as diacritic;
sign itself at beg. of conc.;
corrected word form again at end
expungation and deletion marks   1. one or two dots beneath letter(s)
  2. horizontal or vertical strokes through letters 		SORT: correct words only;
in word forms, expungated or deleted letters function as diacritics;
word forms with expungation or deletion marks, sorted again at end
{.}go4de (51) 30va11 goe{.}de
expungation mark: one dot 		 ED and CN: one dot closely beneath letter
{..}y4J04O (5) 47va28 w{..}e{.}l{.}d{.}e{.}n{.}
expungation mark: two dots 		 ED and CN: two dots closely beneath letter
{_}@ (183) 33rb2 g{_}a{_}a{_}s{_}e{_} for 'ganse'
horizontal stroke through deleted letter 		 ED and CN: bar through the letter(s)
{_}{.}= (33) 18ra24 <con>{_}{.}f{_}{.} for '<con>t<er>feit'
combination of expungation and deletion marks 		 ED and CN: combination of both marks
{d/}3 (1) 54rb38 d{..}{d/}
vertical stroke through deleted letter combined with expungation mark (two dots) 		 ED and CN: combination of both marks
letter(s) or word(s) inserted in text inserted above or below line, in right or left margin:
with or without insertion mark 		SORT: inserted letter(s) function as diacritics;
word form involving insertion again at end
[^[ ]^]veHrIhoefte (32) 18rb8 ve[^[r]^]hoefte
letter or word inserted above line 		 ED and CN: half-brackets opening upwards
[~[ ]~]FhaetG (5) 15va27 [~[haet]~]
letter or word inserted below line 		 ED and CN: half-brackets opening downwards
[<[ ]<][<[Wiste]<] (4) 28va15m [<[Wiste]<] ...
words inserted in left margin 		ED: printed in left margin
CN: printed as coded
[>[ ]>][>[Mich]>] (31) 28vb1/2 [>[Mich]>] ...
words inserted in right margin 		ED: printed in right margin
CN: printed as coded
scribal corrections and erasures SORT: corrected or erased letter(s) treated as diacritics;
word forms containing a correction or erasure sorted again at end
[c[ / ]c]onge<e/n>edich (99) 22rb8 onge[c[e/n]c]edich
letter(s) before the / corrected into letter(s) after 		ED and CN: letter(s) printed between outward-pointing angle brackets
[e[ / ]e] >b/d<as (34) 44va10 [e[b/d]e]as{t}
letter(s) before the / erased and replaced by letter(s) after 		 ED and CN: letter(s) printed within inward-pointing angle brackets
$>r:/ < (21) 8va14 [e[r:/$]e]scicke
$ means blank; possible r erased and not replaced 		 ED and CN: printed as a space
:N<y:/v> (29) 63ra31 N[c[y:/v]c]
: following a letter means erased or corrected letter doubtful;
: on its own means illegible erased or corrected letter;
see 3 'Editorial Decisions' 		 ED and CN: printed as a colon
verse-line corrections verse-lines reversed and corrected ED: small letters in left margin of verse-lines
CN: printed as coded
SORT: signs at beg. of conc.
{a}a (1) 28va3m
verse-line should precede the previous verse-line 		 
{b}b (1) 28va2m
verse-line should follow the following verse-line 		 
2 CODICOLOGICAL FEATURES  
2.3 MARGINAL NOTES  
marginalia ED: print in correct place
CN: print with code
SORT: marginal position treated as diacritic;
marginal word forms sorted again at end
[>m[ ]>m][>m[nW]>m] (1) 11rb9m} [>m[no<ta9>]>m]
words in right margin, not part of the text 		 
[<m[ ]<m][<m[Bezint]<m] (1) 29va37m{ [<m[/ezint]<m]
words in left margin, not part of the text 		 
[^m[ ]^m][^m[Ich]^m] (13) 22rabm [^m[Ich]^m]
words in top margin, not part of the text 		 
[~m[ ]~m][~m[sorghen]~m] (7) 28rabm [~m[in]~m] [~m[sorghen]~m]
words in bottom margin, not part of the text 		 
m[^[i]^]{...}[~[e]~]tmPt (1) 48rb35–6 m[^[i]^]{...}[~[e]~]t
rebus in right margin; function unknown 		ED: printed as elaborate sign
CN: 'i' and 'e' printed like a fraction with no bar
{...}mPt (1) 48rb35–6 see above
dots in rebus 		ED: printed in full
CN: letters printed in compressed form
SORT: at beg. of conc.
2.1 PARCHMENT CONDITION  
parchment condition SORT: separate index
[ms[ ]ms]( ) (25) 22rb10wv
tear or hole in MS 		 ED and CN: print ( )
;( ) (????) 22rb10wv
; represents a gap 		ED: print space(s)
CN: compress to one space
2.2 WRITING PROCESS  
guide letters of small initials a tiny letter put by the scribe at the spot where a small initial was to be drawn later;
{letter} is the same as the [[initial]]		 SORT: separate index
[[K]]{r} (60) 3ra13 [[K]]{r}E{cc}er
guide letter 'k' for 'K' 		ED: represented letter in left margin of text aligned with top of text line two points smaller
CN: ignore in sorting;
printed two points smaller, raised slightly
[[S]]{r}{=z} (1)
See 3 'Editorial Decisions' 		 
catchwords ED: print it where it occurs
CN: keep code
SORT: catchword position treated as diacritic
[~c[ ]~c][~c[Dus]~c] (43) 8vbmc~ [~c[{\}{\}Dus{t}{\}{\}]~c]
catchword(s) of page 		 
2.4 FURTHER HISTORY OF THE CODEX  
manuscript ownership COUNTS: see 'Table of Letters'
SORT: separate index;
see 4 'Concordance Production'
[j[{!!!} {!!!}]j]boech (17) Hand D
67vb20 [j[{!!!}Dit{!!!}]j]
ownership mark (Johan of Nassau and Vijanden) 		ED: Helvetica Roman Light Condensed
CN: GillSans-Condensed
user's marks COUNTS: see 'Table of Letters'
SORT: separate index;
see 4 'Concordance Production'
[u[{!!} {!!}]u] [u[(sijn)]u] (2) 
Hand E: 64ra4, 14
insertion by user 		ED: Helvetica Roman Light
CN: GillSans
3 EDITORIAL DECISIONS  
3.1 NON-PROBLEMATIC DECISIONS  
word division see 1.3 'Textual Signs'
guide letter(s) wrong letter indicated SORT: separate index
[[S]]{r}{=z} (1) 4rb1
[[S]]{r}{=z}int
guide letter 'z' instead of 's', for 'S' 		 ED and CN: printed as such
3.2 SCRIBAL MISTAKES  
minims one minim too few or too many SORT: mistake functions as diacritic
[m-[u]m-]m8u>ers (24) 20va37 m<<u>ers
one minim missing; e.g. 'muers' written by scribes as 'miers' 		 ED and CN: print open double, close single angle brackets
[m+[i]m+]co<i9nne (19) 27rb15 co<i>>nne
one minim too many; e.g. 'co<ning>inne' written by scribe as 'co<ning>mme' 		 ED and CN: print open single, close double angle brackets
omissions   1. word
  2. small initial [[E]] 		SORT: as if small initial [[E]] present
[o[ ]o][o[ ]o] (1) 39rb34
word omitted; ; = space 		ED: print as space(s)
CN: print coding, but compress to a single space
[o[[[E]]]o][E]rn (2) 20va1 and 36va1 [o[[[E]]]o]{e}Y{cc}n and [o[[[E]]]o]Y{cc}n
'E' missing, but with guide letter, and 'E' missing, without guide letter 		  ED: space over the first two verse-lines, with guide letter 'e' in left margin
CN: concord as if E were present, printed as [E]
word separation
{sp}o wee (15) 6vb36 o{sp}wee
two elements, written separately, are considered one word 		 ED and CN: printed with space
SORT: as one word, with space treated as diacritic
{+}hertz[+]in (21) 9rb5 hertz{+}in
two bits of one word written separately by scribe 		 ED and CN: printed with code [+]
SORT: sorted as a single word, with code as diacritic;
coded word again at end
{-}groesser[-]macht (33) 14vb19 groesser{-}macht
two words written together by scribe 		 ED and CN: print code as [-];
SORT: as two words, with code, attached to each word, as diacritic;
coded words again at end
4 CONCORDANCE PRODUCTION  
= (302)
French words 		 ED and CN: see 1.1 'hands'
SORT: concorded separately
== (26)
Latin words 		 ED and CN: see 1.1 'hands'
SORT: concorded separately
=== (17)
ownership mark 		 ED and CN: see 1.1 'hands'
SORT: concorded separately
==== (2)
user's comment related to text 		 ED and CN: see 1.1 'hands'
SORT: concorded separately
 %  (153)
proper names
see 3 'Editorial Decisions' 		ED: code disappears
SORT: in main concordance and listed separately
 %%  (740)
proper names (allegorical)
see 3 'Editorial Decisions' 		ED: code disappears
SORT: in main concordance and listed separately
 &  (44)
numbers 		 ED and CN: code disappears
SORT: beg. of conc.