#Rolduc Abbey

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Green Man and the Vernal Equinox

March 19th, 2024 is the Vernal Equinox in Aries, when the astrological wheel takes a new turn. Moving towards the Full Moon in Virgo on March 24th, we see that our seeds of intentions planted in a Pisces new moon, are coming to the surface. A beautiful dream seed came through for me around the New Moon, after I made plans to travel to the Netherlands this Summer, around the time of the Summer…

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HIDDEN TREASURE, OR HOW DESTRUCTION CREATES BEAUTIFUL THINGS

🇪🇸 En su artículo de marzo 22 de 2012, Erik Kwakkel destaca el valor de los fragmentos de manuscritos medievales usados como parte de encuadernaciones de libros. Durante la invención de la imprenta por Gutenberg, muchos libros manuscritos quedaron obsoletos y fueron reciclados por encuadernadores, quienes los cortaban para usarlos en nuevas encuadernaciones. Aunque estos manuscritos fueron mutilados, esos fragmentos han permitido a los historiadores de la comunicación y los libros estudiar textos antiguos, algunos de los cuales solo han sobrevivido en forma fragmentaria. Kwakkel menciona el valor de estos fragmentos para la investigación y su papel como “testigos” de textos medievales en lugares y épocas específicas, como un fragmento neerlandés o hebreo que aún emerge de las encuadernaciones. La Universidad de Leiden, donde enseña, planea una excursión a la Abadía de Rolduc, donde se han encontrado decenas de estos fragmentos, un testimonio de su importancia para comprender la cultura textual medieval.

🇺🇸 In his March 22, 2012 article, Erik Kwakkel highlights the value of medieval manuscript fragments used in book bindings. With Gutenberg's invention of the printing press, many handwritten books became obsolete and were recycled by bookbinders, who cut them up for use in new bindings. Although these manuscripts were mutilated, the surviving fragments have allowed historians of communication and books to study ancient texts, some of which have only survived in fragmentary form. Kwakkel emphasizes the importance of these fragments for research and their role as “witnesses” to medieval texts in specific places and times, such as a Middle Dutch or Hebrew fragment still emerging from bindings. Leiden University, where he teaches, is planning a trip to Rolduc Abbey, where dozens of these fragments have been found, showcasing their importance in understanding medieval text culture.

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The Moretti Library of Rolduc Abbey in Kerkrade, Netherlands

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rolduc abbey library, the netherlands

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The Moretti Library of Rolduc Abbey in Kerkrade, The Netherlands

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S.J.P. Sleinada #2 - Discussions

"De naemen der geexecuteerdens, hier zullende volgen, staen 'er niet, om hun uytgestaene straf te vergrooten, maer om aen de laetere tyden zoo veel meer indruk te geeven, en hun te doen grouwelen van zulke bande. Ik doe het immers met groote droefheyd des herte, en zoo dikwyls ik aen hun denke, wensche ik hun de eeuwigduerende ruste."

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"The names of those executed, which will follow, are not noted to punish them more than they have been, but to leave an impression for later times, and have them fear such a gang. I do this, after all, with sadness in my heart, and every time I think about them, I wish them eternal rest."

-S.J.P. Sleinada: Oorsprong, Oorzaeke, Bewys (etc.) [p. 37]

As stated in the about S.J.P. Sleinada, or Arnold Daniëls, there are a lot of things people can't seem to agree on when it comes to this man. They discuss the intention behind his work, as well as its reliability.

Intention

There has been quite the discussion on what Sleinada's intention was when he wrote his infamous booklet. While some say he wanted to express the hatred he felt towards the Bokkenrijders, and he only wanted to compliment the way the government of the Lands of Overmaeze had reacted, others say he wanted to show there was more to the Bokkenrijders than just bad intentions, and he actually wanted to help people.

On the first theory: Sleinada compares the Bokkenrijders to an illness quite a lot. They were, according to him, sinners, who would convert others to their sinful way of living. Throughout most of the book, he accuses the gang of making the Lands ill, so to speak. His work is also dedicated to those who cured the Lands of this illness, and he praises them often throughout this work. Besides, is there really any way a priest would want to say anything good about a gang of satanists?

Well, yes, say those who believe Sleinada wasn't as hostile towards the Bokkenrijders as was believed for so long. After all, as shown in the quote above, Sleinada really seemed upset about what had happened and there are multiple times when he notes he didn't write the book just to upset people, he wrote it to protect the Lands from another gang like that.

Again, neither of these theories are proven, so feel free to discuss in the comments or on the forum!

Reliability

While Sleinada continues to be one of the most frequently quoted works out there when it comes to Bokkenrijders research, we should doubt its reliability. After all, there are a few instances where he notes something as a fact, while there is no other proof it happened, or, in some cases, there is proof it did not happen. For both of these, I'll give you an example.

No other proof

"Op eene nagt in 1770 heeft men, in 't laetste van den zomer in 't stedeken een groot tumult gehoord, vermengd met eenige scheuten, en het was op de wagt gemikt: maer onze braeve Keyzerlyke helden, die meermaelen vyandelyken polver gerooken hadden, gaven zoo fraey vuer, dat de knevelaers op de aftogt dogten, en zig eylings weg pakten.

"During one late summer night in 1770 did the people hear a great tumult in the city [of 's-Hertogenraede], and it was aimed at [the castle's] guard: but our brave and loyal heroes, who had smelled the enemy's gunpowder many times, shot back in such a way that the criminals retreated and fled."

-S.J.P. Sleinada: Oorsprong, Oorzaeke, Bewys (etc.) [p. 29]

To understand why this part can be proven false by the fact there's no other evidence this attack on the castle happened, you need to know that another important source for researchers are the diaries the Abbey Kloosterraede (Rolduc) kept. In this diary, the most important parts of the trials were written down. Even the number of people executed on a day, or who visited the abbey after a day of torturing a prisoner can be found in these diaries.

There is, however, not a single word about the attack Sleinada talks about, despite the fact that this would be something the diary would most definitely have noted.

And on a side note, there were no 'Bokkenrijders' imprisoned in the castle in the summer of 1770. The first prisoner of the third wave, Joseph Keyser, was imprisoned in December 1770.

Proven false

"Eyndelyk is in 1772 den 22 April het doodsvonnis tegens hem gegeeven."

"And finally, on the 22nd of April 1772, [Joseph Kirchhoffs] was sentenced to death."

-S.J.P. Sleinada: Oorsprong, Oorzaeke, Bewys (etc.) [p. 33]

This part can be proven false just by looking up the original death sentence given to Kirchhoffs: it says "den vierden maij 1772" or, in English, "May 4th, 1772". April 22nd 1772 is in no way mentioned throughout the whole sentence and the statement made by Sleinada can thus be proven false.

It is, however, possible that Sleinada knew about the plans made to sentence Kirchhoffs to death, and if those plans were made sometime around April 22nd 1772, it could be possible he just mixed up a few dates, but that would still make the statement that Kirchhoffs was sentenced to death on that date incorrect.

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The Moretti Library of Rolduc Abbey in Kerkrade, The Netherlands

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In the year 1104, a young priest, Ailbertus from Antoing, appeared in the Land of Rode, accompanied by two friars. They wanted to lead a simple life within absolute poverty. Adelbert, Count of Saffenberg on the Ahr and owner of the castle in ‘s Hertogenrade, offered them a strip of land on which they built themselves a simple home and a wooden chapel. During the next 900 years, this wooden chapel became the largest abbey complex of the Benelux and one of the Dutch UNESCO Top 100 monuments.

Rolduc abbey’s rich history dates back more than 900 year. Nowadays, the monumental complex has many different roles, among others as a conference center, a hotel & restaurant and a wedding venue.

In 1753, on the east side of the abbey, the Fabritius or Moret wing was built, in which the rococo library, designed by the Aachen architect Joseph Moretti, is located. The Library contains among other things the Catalog Librorum from 1230, which contains one hundred forty valuable theological works and eighty-six philosophical and classical works that once belonged to the abbey. Currently, the library is mainly used for chamber music concerts and wedding ceremonies. 

(thanks slashonmydash!)

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The Moretti Library of Rolduc Abbey in Kerkrade, The Netherlands

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