Fragment
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.g.17 i
Lost manuscript:
Textual information
Subject:
Natural History
Title of work:
Reductorium morale
Section:
Lib. VI, c. xi-xii (ed. Cologne, 1731, pp. 144-47)
Orientation:
upright
Transcription:
carente latitudine manifesta . . . sed paulatim per aggregacionem percium uaporabilium in
(presented without chapter divisions)
Palaeography
Type of script:
Gothic
Script detail:
Textura rotunda
Place of production:
England (?or Paris)
Date of production:
s. xiii
s. xiii 2
Material information
Material:
Parchment
Type of fragment:
Pastedown
Fragment type detail:
stuck down, front
Element of folio:
almost the whole page; cropped in inner margin
Ruling:
visible ruling for frame in plummet, a tramline at the left of the text block and again in the lower margin, all lines going to the edges.
Decoration:
Paraphs against marginal notes, alternating in red and blue.
Further information
Date published:
Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 14:28
Date last updated:
Friday, September 23, 2016 - 08:09
Dimensions
Fragment:
332mm (h) x 206mm (w)
Number of lines:
50
Number of columns:
2
Height of minims:
3mm
Space between lines:
5mm
Upper margin:
20mm
Height of written space:
260mm
Width of written space:
162mm
Lower margin:
52mm
Inner margin:
50mm
Width of text 1:
73mm
Reservation 1:
10mm
Width of text 2:
73mm