Fragment

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.f.1 ii

Textual information

Subject: 
Patristics
Author of work: 
Jerome (c. 347-420), ps.
Paschasius Radbert (c.785-c.860)
Title of work: 
Epistola de assumptione beatae Mariae virginis ('Cogitis me...')
Section: 
18 [ed. A. Ripberger 1985, p. 66]
Orientation: 
inverted
Transcription: 

(recto, originally verso) ¦¦ociantur ¦¦ Hinc quo ¦¦ quic est ¦¦ de euangelizare ¦¦dat eloqui ¦¦cipio erat ¦¦ deum et deu¦¦ ata es uite ¦¦ Hoc quippe ¦¦ principio ¦¦ et deus erat  ¦¦ genuit . . . dicitur ¦¦ [ - - - ]¦¦ino tue ¦¦ imitatur.

(verso, originally recto) no leading word visible as remnants of pasteboard are stuck to the parchment.

Palaeography

Type of script: 
Gothic
Script detail: 
Textura
Place of production: 
England
Date of production: 
s. xiv
s. xiv 1

Material information

Material: 
Parchment
Type of fragment: 
Binding strip
Fragment type detail: 
lifted, back
Element of folio: 
strip cut down the page
Ruling: 
ruling in red ink
Decoration: 

Large initials are three-line lombards, in blue ink, flourished in red. Rubricated capitula.

Further information

Notes: 

No photograph possible because of fragment's present position and state.

Date last updated: 
Thursday, August 18, 2016 - 09:37

Dimensions

Fragment: 

270mm (h) x 45mm (w)

Number of lines: 
39
Number of columns: 
1
Height of minims: 
4mm
Space between lines: 
6mm
Height of written space: 
248mm
Width of written space: 
35mm
Lower margin: 
22mm
Inner margin: 
10mm