Fragment

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.a.54 i

Lost manuscript:

Babel MS 24

Host volume:

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.a.54

Textual information

Subject:

Medicine

Title of work:

De oculis

Orientation:

upright

Transcription:

(recto) oculum pacientis confert obtahmam ¦¦ m et post illud colhrium rubeum . . [last fully legible line:] et cum dolor fit fortis in fundatur [four lines remain]

(verso) sed ipse excitatur post horam uehementer ¦¦ quam prius fuit propterea quod pro habent resolui. ¦¦ [A new work:] Sermo de medicinis obtahmo.¦¦ Colhrium quidem album nam ¦¦ ?conglautinativum infrigid ¦¦ . . [last full line:] autem humorem cum eo quod est fratres et cum [three lines remain]

Palaeography

Type of script:

Gothic

Script detail:

Textura Rotunda

Place of production:

S. France or N. Italy

Date of production:

s. xiii

s. xiii ex

s. xiv

s. xiv in

Material information

Material:

Parchment

Type of fragment:

Flyleaf

Fragment type detail:

lifted, front

Element of folio:

cutting of perhaps three quarters of the original page

Ruling:

none visible

Decoration:

Titulus is rubricated. Initial is a two-line lombard in blue with red penwork flourishing. Rubrication; remains of red penwork flourishing of an initial across top of recto page.

Further information

Notes:

Rubbed recto, compatible with it having been used as a wrapper. Damaged and tattered at foot by damp.

The photograph has been enhanced by adjusting brightness to make text more legible.

Date published:

Sunday, September 13, 2015 - 19:02

Date last updated:

Sunday, December 6, 2015 - 10:36

Dimensions

Fragment:

188mm (h) x 120mm (w)

Number of lines:

Number of columns:

1 visible

Height of minims:

3mm

Space between lines:

6mm

Upper margin:

17mm

Height of written space:

171mm

Width of text 1:

65mm

Outer margin: