Fragment

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.f.24 ii

Lost manuscript: 

Textual information

Subject: 
Medicine
Section: 
on urine (right-hand page)
Orientation: 
foot to fore-edge
Transcription: 

(recto is stuck down)

(verso, left-hand page, col. a) ¦¦gnare illorum in re ¦¦ ... ¦¦ssimius intelleg(?)¦¦

(verso, left-hand page, col. b) media pori ... sicut dicitur liber de uirtutibus naturalibus li. primo ca. vi ... dolor cum ipsi sint inusi¦¦ 

(verso, right-hand page, col. a) urina testis autem alba possit ... si ante ea fuit rabi¦¦

(verso, right-hand page, col. b) rem macoroni hanc s. si¦¦ ... ¦¦ nec est natum sicut dicit¦¦

Palaeography

Type of script: 
Gothic
Script detail: 
Textura
Place of production: 
England
Date of production: 
s. xiii
s. xiii 2

Material information

Material: 
Parchment
Type of fragment: 
Binding strip
Fragment type detail: 
stuck down, back
Element of folio: 
strip cut across the top of the written space of a bifolium
Ruling: 
visible ruling for frame in plummet, a tramline at the left of the text block and again in the inner margin, all lines going to the edges.
Decoration: 

None.

Further information

Notes: 

The fragment is cut across an opening of the original manuscript. The horizontal measurements are:

left-hand page, col. a = 30; reservation = 10; col. b = 62; margin = 55 (30 to centrefold + 25); col. a = 62; reservation = 12; col. b = 37

Date last updated: 
Friday, September 23, 2016 - 08:09
Colchester Harsnett H.f.24 ii

Dimensions

Fragment: 

268mm (h) x 34mm (w)

Number of lines: 
6
Number of columns: 
2
Height of minims: 
2mm
Space between lines: 
4mm
Upper margin: 
7mm
Height of written space: 
27mm
Width of written space: 
84mm
Lower margin: 
0mm
Inner margin: 
25mm
Width of text 1: 
62mm
Reservation 1: 
11mm
Width of text 2: 
62mm
Outer margin: 
29mm