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Two pages of dense, handwritten script in Middle Dutch detail the organization and menu of a ceremonial banquet. The text specifies provisions such as bread, beer, pottage, and various types of fish prepared for the members of the confraternity. These archival records document the administrative and social life of an elite religious organization during the Northern Renaissance.
As a prominent 'sworn brother' of this confraternity, Hieronymus Bosch is frequently mentioned in these registers, which provide essential biographical context for his life and the communal religious atmosphere that influenced his paintings. This specific entry records the logistical and financial details of a meal that Bosch likely participated in or helped oversee.
Inscriptions(Dutch)
Van den avonder vergaderinge ende maeltijde die gehouden Is geweest op den derden sondage Letare Jherusalem met leste leden. ende hieft Jheronimus van aken. sulcx dat hem staet bezeg. bleefft sondach gegaen op den goen dach van meerte met leste leden. Dat deze yerste maeltijt heeft gehadt / Ende Is geweest Die yerste maeltijt dat in der vasten op den sondag Letare Jherusalem. die gezworen bruederen gehouden ende gecostumeert hebben.