ILVB register 1485-1495 fol 294v line 21-23

This manuscript fragment shows three lines of Middle Dutch text written in a 15th-century Gothic cursive script. The lines record administrative or financial details related to the artist Hieronymus Bosch, who is explicitly identified here as 'Jheronimus die maelre' (Jheronimus the painter). This document belongs to the historical archives of 's-Hertogenbosch, where the artist lived and worked.

This record is a vital primary biographical source for Hieronymus Bosch, providing historical evidence of his professional title and his high social standing as a 'sworn brother' in a prestigious religious confraternity. Such documents help ground the artist's visionary and often esoteric visual language within the actual communal and devotional life of the late Middle Ages.