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| Keywords: The flagellants at Doornik in 1349.jpg The flagellants at Doornik Tournai in 1349 From the caption <small>Printed by the Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig </small> THE FLAGELLLANTS AT DOORNIK IN 1349 <small>MINIATURE FROM THE CHRONICLE OF AEGIDIUS LI MUISIS IN THE LIBRARY AT BRUSSELS </small> <small> After Paul Fredericq De secten der Geeselaars en der Dansers in de Nederlanden tijdens de 14<sup>de</sup> eeuw </small> That source indicates that the portion of the Gothic-lettered Latin text from the original source is only partial They render the text as <blockquote>Accidit anno predicto quod in die assumptionis virginis gloriose venerunt a vill brugensi circiter CC homines quasi ora prandii Ipsi autem adunaverunt se i foro et statim rumor magnus fuit per totam civitatem unde omnes veniebant Catervatim venerunt ad locum supradictum quia super hoc rumores audeirant et idcirco factum videre affectabant Illi autem de Brugis interim se preparaverunt et ritum suum quam penitantiam vocabant facere inceperunt Pupulus autem utriusque sexus qui nunquam talk quid viderant ceperunt compati personis et penitentie condolore et deo gratias reddere super tanta penetencia quam gravissimam reputabant Remanseruntque dicti Brugenses in civitate tota illa die et nocte </blockquote> translated there as <blockquote>In the aforesaid year it came to pass that on the day of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Aug 15 some 200 persons came here from Bruges about noon These remained assembled on the market-place and immediately the whole town was filled with curiosity as to why these folk had come The burgesses came in small bodies to the market-place when the heard the news in order to convince them of the fact by their own eyes Meantime the folk from Bruges prepared to perform their cememonies which they called penance The inhabitants of both sexes who had never before seen any such thing began to imitate the actions of the strangers to torment themselves also by the penitential exercises and to thank God for this means of penance which seemed to them most effectual And the people from Bruges remained in the town the whole of that day and night </blockquote> H F Helmolt History of the World Volume VII Dodd Mead 1902 Plate between pages 178 and 179 1902 After Paul Fredericq Public Domain The World's History 1901-1907 Self-flagellation in art Religion in Belgium History of Tournai PD-US PD-old 14th-century illuminated manuscripts Self-flagellation in art Disease in medieval miniature 1349 Brussels Bibliothèque Royale manuscripts Bibliographisches Institut Medieval miniatures of religious worship | ||||
