Fragment
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.a.54 ii
Lost manuscript:
Textual information
Subject:
Medicine
Title of work:
De oculis
Orientation:
upright
Transcription:
(recto) carum et ad corticem primum est mala magna ¦¦ . . sa occupans locum magnum et nominatur. [Ends in section 'Cura de exituris oculi et exituris cornee']
(verso) ?inde fuerit colerica euacuabus post . . et ut sit
Palaeography
Type of script:
Gothic
Script detail:
Textura Rotunda
Place of production:
S. France or N. Italy
Date of production:
s. xiii
s. xiii ex
s. xiv
s. xiv in
Material information
Material:
Parchment
Type of fragment:
Pastedown
Fragment type detail:
lifted, back
Element of folio:
cutting of perhaps three quarters of the original page
Ruling:
none visible
Decoration:
Tituli are rubricated. Initials are two-line lombards in blue with red penwork flourishing; the initial i on the verso is extended.
Further information
Notes:
Rubbed and darkened verso, compatible with it having been used as a wrapper. Damaged and tattered by damp at the fore-edge.
The photograph provided is a detail of the recto.
Date published:
Sunday, September 13, 2015 - 19:06
Date last updated:
Sunday, December 6, 2015 - 10:36
Dimensions
Fragment:
188mm (h) x 120mm (w)
Number of lines:
31
Number of columns:
1 visible
Height of minims:
3mm
Space between lines:
6mm
Upper margin:
19mm
Height of written space:
169mm
Width of text 1:
75mm
Outer margin:
45mm