[Some bibliographies of pestilences. Johannes Jacobi in Antwerp (circa 1484-circa 1491)].
One of the many works on the plague is by the Frenchman Johannes Jacobi. It dates from the 14th century and has been passed down in numerous manuscripts, and from the last quarter of the 15th century, also in many printed documents. Curiously, the latter are in the name of Canutus, Kami(n)tus, and the like. Virtually all the prints are undated, and were usually published without an indication of the place of publication or the name of the printer. The editions from the Southern Netherlands are no exception to this general rule. After a very brief description of the author and the contents, some attention is paid to the distribution of the publication in Europe, followed by a more detailed discussion of the different editions in Antwerp, published by Mathias van der Goes and Gheraert Leeu. The bibliographical analysis of these prints made wide use of the results of bibliographical research, and of the incomparable aid of the IISTC, the bibliographical data bank of incunabula. Thus the presumed dates can be compared with the latest results, and in this way be confirmed, altered or stated more precisely. Finally, following this bibliographical exercise, the author examines whether these dates could conflict with what we know about the plague epidemic in our country from other sources.