Lost Manuscript
Babel MS 37
Only two small fragments are presently known from this manuscript but they are sufficient to suggest that this was once an elegant devotional volume, small in size and so probably intended for private use.
Textual information
Subject:
Liturgy
Language:
Latin
Palaeography
Type of script:
Gothic
Script detail:
Textura quadrata
Place of production:
England
Date of production:
s. xiv 2
Material information
Material:
Parchment
Layout:
Long lines
Decoration:
Initials are two-line lombards in red with blue/black penwork flourishing, restrained but of good quality. Rubrication.
Ruling:
faint ruling in plummet
Dimensions
Page:
177+mm (h) x 118+mm (w)
Number of lines:
?23
Number of columns:
1
Height of minims:
2mm
Space between lines:
4mm
Height of written space:
Width of written space:
Upper margin:
Inner margin:
Outer margin:
History and further information
Information on dismantling:
These fragments were available for re-use in a binder's shop after 1580, and probably at the turn of the sixteenth to the seventeenth century.
Number of folios represented:
4
Date published:
Sunday, August 14, 2016 - 11:19
Date last updated:
Friday, September 23, 2016 - 07:42