[Notes on Homer’s Iliad, taken from the commentary of Eustathius of Thessalonica] [and] ID., Adrianus & Philips - [Accounts of the Wassenhove manor "Pachthof van Winhuysen" at Grotenberge (Zottegem)].
Estimation :
1000 / 1500
Adjudication :
1000 €
Description
Unusual combination of scholarly notes by a humanist nobleman and an account book of his possessions. The Zegers van Wassenhove were lords of Wassenhove (Grotenberge, Baronie of Zottegem) from the 10th c. until 1795. Two members (Jan and Ghilain) joined the "Eedverbond der Edelen" (Compromise of Nobles) and moved to the Northern Netherlands. The two parts of this manuscript were written on inverted pages. The Greek part consists of a collection of lexical notes on Homer’s Iliad, taken from the extensive 12th-c. commentary by the Byzantine scholar Eustathius of Thessalonica, perhaps copied from a printed edition (Rome 1542 or Basel 1559). The account book consists of 2 parts, one by Adrianus (name on f. 2r) for the years 1587-1596, and another one by his son Philips for 1630, dealing with family possessions in the Lands of Zottegem and Aalst: Godveerdegem, Strijpen, Erwetegem, Leeuwergem, Grotenberge, St.-Goriks-Oudenhove, Balegem etc., with 3 loose additions (1. by Adolf van Wassenhove, 1588, stuck between ff. 4-5); 2. one of 1709; 3. one by a "William de Voerman", Lede 1508?). The binding structure contains two large fragments (c. 30,5/31 x 5/5,5 cm) of a rubricated Latin canon law manuscript from the 13th c. (?).
