ILVB register 1513-1519 fol 166v line 15-24 colour version

This manuscript fragment from an administrative ledger features early 16th-century Dutch secretary hand script in brown ink. It documents the death and burial costs of 'Hieronimus van Aken,' the artist famously known as Hieronymus Bosch. The text details the religious ceremonies and financial settlements conducted by the Brotherhood following the artist's passing in 1516.

This archival document serves as the primary historical evidence for the death of Bosch and his membership in the Illustrious Brotherhood of Our Blessed Lady. The Brotherhood's unique late-medieval piety and complex liturgical life are considered foundational to the development of Bosch’s enigmatic and visionary iconographic style.