Fragment

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.d.11 i

Lost manuscript
Babel MS 17
Host volume
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.d.11
Textual Information
Subject
Grammatical
Author of work
Papias
Title of work

Elementarium doctrinae rudimentum

Section

letter 'L' [Venice 1496 ed., sig (l vi verso and l vii recto)]

Orientation
foot to fore-edge
Transcription

(recto, col. 1) quod habundet lactis uel quia . . . et Sarralia dicitur . . . serre est lactu¦¦ (col. 2) dicunt vel situle ... lagunculas a¦¦

(verso, col. 1) accionem lampadeni uel lampadi . . .¦¦ (col. 2) . . . uestibus in he¦¦

Palaeography
Type of script
Gothic
Script detail
Textura praescissa
Place of production
England
Date of production
s. xiii
s. xiii ex
Material information
Material
Parchment
Type of fragment
Binding strip
Fragment type detail

lifted, front

Element of folio

strip cut across the page

Ruling

very faint plummet

Decoration

On verso, three-line lombard for initial: blue with red penwork flourishing, 11mm wide.

Further information
Author: James Willoughby
Colchester Harsnett H.d.11 front strip recto
Dimensions
Fragment

190mm (h) x 20mm (w)

Number of lines
3
Number of columns
2
Height of minims
3mm
Space between lines
6mm
Height of written space
20mm
Width of written space
148mm
Inner margin
42mm
Width of text 1
67mm
Reservation 1
11mm
Width of text 2
70mm