Type

Fragment

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.f.15 i

Lost manuscript
Textual Information
Subject
Bible
Title of work

Psalms

Section

62:12 and 63:2 (omitting 63:1); 59:12–14

Orientation
foot to fore-edge
Transcription

(right fol.) ¦¦dieris deus in uirtutibus nostris. | Da nobis auxilium de tribulatione quia uana salus | hominis. In deo faciemus uirtutem | et ipse ad nichilum deducet tribulantes nostros.

(left fol.) est os loquentium iniqua | Exaudi deus orationem meam cum | deprecor a timore inimici eripe | animam meam ¦¦

 

 

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

stuck down, front

Element of folio

strip, the width of the bifolium

Ruling

faint plummet

Decoration

Four-line initial for the start of the psalm: a plain lombard in shell gold on a pied background of pink and blue, with thin white tendrils to the interior. Cut away at the bottom left-hand side. Initials for the start of each new verse are lombards, larger than text-size, done in red.

Further information
Author: James Willoughby
Dimensions
Fragment

309mm (h) x 32mm (w)

Number of lines
4
Number of columns
1
Height of minims
4mm
Space between lines
9mm
Height of written space
32mm
Width of written space
104mm
Inner margin
23mm
Outer margin
30mm