Lost Manuscript

Babel MS 36

Two small strips held in one binding have so far been identified from this attractive early missal.

Textual Information
Subject
Liturgy
Title of work
Early Missal with Hymnal
Language
Latin
Palaeography
Type of script
Protogothic
Place of production
England
Date of production
s. xii med
Material Information
Material
Parchment
Layout
Long lines
Decoration

Some rubrication visible.

Ruling
very faint plummet; prickings visible in inner margin
Dimensions
Page

?210+mm (h) x 141mm (w)

Number of lines
?37
Number of columns
1
Height of minims
2mm
Space between lines
4mm
Height of written space
?148
Width of written space
100
Inner margin

18

Outer margin

23

History and further information
Information on dismantling

The strips identified to date were clearly available in a binder's shop in the years after 1571.

Number of folios represented
?3
Author: David Rundle_
Constituent Fragments
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.g.25 ii
Colchester Harsnett H.g.25 i & ii
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.g.25 i