Fragment

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett K.a.9 ii

Lost manuscript: 
Babel MS 7
Host volume: 
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett K.a.9

Textual information

Subject: 
Patristics
Author of work: 
Augustine (354-430)
Title of work: 
De immortalitate animae
Section: 
cc. vi-vii ed. Hörmann {CSEL, lxxxix} (Vienna, 1986), pp. 111 (l. 5) - 113 (l. 18)]
Orientation: 
inverted
Transcription: 

Palaeography

Type of script: 
Gothic
Script detail: 
tiny, with some extravagant descenders and diagonal ascenders, and tall final s
Date of production: 
s. xiii
s. xiii 1

Material information

Material: 
Parchment
Type of fragment: 
Pastedown
Fragment type detail: 
at back
Element of folio: 
nearly complete folio
Ruling: 
Fully ruled in plummet with horizontal lines crossing the central reservation

Further information

Notes: 
Date published: 
Wednesday, June 10, 2015 - 11:52
Date last updated: 
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 - 08:18
Colchester Harsnett K.a.9 back pastedown

Dimensions

Fragment: 

172mm (h) x 104mm (w)

Number of lines: 
33
Number of columns: 
2
Height of minims: 
1mm
Space between lines: 
4mm
Height of written space: 
132mm
Lower margin: 
40mm
Inner margin: 
10mm
Width of text 1: 
45mm
Reservation 1: 
8mm
Width of text 2: 
41mm