ILVB register 1507-1513 fol 186v-187r colour version

This document features dense cursive handwriting in Middle Dutch, characteristic of early 16th-century administrative records. The text outlines the arrangements for communal banquets, specifically detailing food items and organizational costs for the religious guild to which Hieronymus Bosch belonged. The page is an archival record rather than a pictorial work, providing a textual backdrop to the artist's social and religious environment.

These registers (ILVB) are the primary source for the biography of Hieronymus Bosch, recording his status as a 'sworn brother' and his participation in the guild's devotional life. The Brotherhood’s focus on the cult of the Virgin and moral reform deeply informed the iconographic programs of Bosch's visionary paintings.