page_title: Van Hulthem Manuscript
hierarchical_section_title: Van Hulthem Manuscript
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Portret van de Gentse bibliofiel Karel van Hulthem Français&#160;: Portrait de Charles van Hulthem, bibliophile gantois English: Portrait of Charles van Hulthem, bibliophile from Ghent
context_page_description: The Van Hulthem Manuscript is a masterpiece of medieval Dutch literature, probably compiled in the Duchy of Brabant. It contains over 200 stories from across the Low Countries.
  The manuscript is named after its last private owner, Charles van Hulthem of Ghent. It is now in the collection of the Royal Library of Belgium.
  This manuscript contains the only known versions of the famous abele spelen, some of the earliest secular drama surviving from medieval Europe.
context_section_description: The Van Hulthem Manuscript is a masterpiece of medieval Dutch literature, probably compiled in the Duchy of Brabant. It contains over 200 stories from across the Low Countries.
  The manuscript is named after its last private owner, Charles van Hulthem of Ghent. It is now in the collection of the Royal Library of Belgium.
  This manuscript contains the only known versions of the famous abele spelen ("able plays"), some of the earliest secular drama surviving from medieval Europe.
caption: Charles van Hulthem, after whom the manuscript was named
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