Lost Manuscript

Babel MS 1

Textual information

Subject: 
Bible
Title of work: 
New Testament (Gospel of John)
Language: 
Latin

Palaeography

Type of script: 
Gothic
Script detail: 
Textura
Place of production: 
France (?Paris)

Material information

Material: 
Parchment
Layout: 
Long lines with glossing in an extra column, and interlinear
Decoration: 
Running header in red and blue. Likewise, glosses are separated by capitula marks alternating in red and blue.
Ruling: 
ruled in plummet for the gloss

Dimensions

Page: 

300mm (h) x 190+mm (w)

Number of lines: 
21
Number of columns: 
1 + gloss
Height of minims: 
4mm
Space between lines: 
10mm
Height of written space: 
247mm
Width of written space: 
?190mm
Upper margin: 
25mm
Lower margin: 
28mm
Inner margin: 
??mm
Width of text 1: 
125mm
Reservation 1: 
5mm
Width of text 2: 
60mm
Outer margin: 
??mm
Number of lines (gloss): 
54
Space between lines (gloss): 
2mm
Height of minims (gloss): 
1mm

History and further information

Information on dismantling: 
Number of folios represented: 
1
Date last updated: 
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 - 11:56