Lost Manuscript
Babel MS 8
An early fifteenth-century copy of Duns Scotus - textually, rather corrupt - which was dispensed with in the mid-1520s, perhaps a century after its production. Two fragments are known from consecutive leaves (Harsnett I.d.3 i following Harsnett I.d.3 ii).
Textual information
Subject:
Theology
Title of work:
Scriptum super libros Sententiarum (Opus Oxoniense)
Language:
Latin
Palaeography
Type of script:
Gothic
Script detail:
cursive
Place of production:
England
Date of production:
s. xv 1
Material information
Material:
Parchment
Layout:
Bicolumnar
Decoration:
Filigree initials, three-lines high.
Ruling:
Lightly ruled in plummet with single border to each column
Dimensions
Page:
?230+mm (h) x 156+mm (w)
Number of lines:
52? (extrapolated from width)
Number of columns:
2
Height of minims:
2mm
Space between lines:
4mm
Height of written space:
Upper margin:
Inner margin:
Width of text 1:
Reservation 1:
Width of text 2:
Outer margin:
History and further information
Information on dismantling:
The manuscript was presumably dismantled at the binders in England (London?), when the printed volume was bound very soon after its publication in 1525.
Number of folios represented:
2
Date published:
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 - 11:09
Date last updated:
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 - 11:56
