Fragment

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.b.25 i

Lost manuscript: 

Textual information

Subject: 
Law
Civil Law
Title of work: 
Commentary on the Codex
Section: 
On Codex VI.61-VII.1
Orientation: 
foot to fore-edge
Transcription: 

(recto, left-hand page blank; right-hand page:) ¦¦... perpetuo decet principi ... (rubricated:) De bonis et [sic] liberis in potestate constitutis [rest of title rubbed]...

(verso, left-hand page) ¦¦... de omnibus rebus adventibus ... (underlined:) Excipitur ... (underlined:) Nota contra ypotecam ... (underlined:) tacitas ... s. de petu l. ca. iii¦¦

(verso, right-hand page) ¦¦... contra dicente et filius habebit ... (rubric:) De hereditatibus decurionum ... (text, followed by space of five lines; rubric:) De vindicta libertate et apud consilium manumissione (text:) ... apud consil[ium]¦¦

Palaeography

Type of script: 
Gothic
Script detail: 
Anglicana
Place of production: 
England
Date of production: 
s. xiii
s. xiii 2

Material information

Material: 
Parchment
Type of fragment: 
Pastedown
Fragment type detail: 
lifted, front
Element of folio: 
bifolium, lower two thirds, from centre of quire
Ruling: 
none visible

Further information

Notes: 

Rubrication of section headings, and capitula marks in red.

Bibliography: 

Ker, Pastedowns, no. 30.

Date last updated: 
Monday, August 8, 2016 - 17:48
Colchester Harnsett H.b.25 i

Dimensions

Fragment: 

303mm (h) x 199mm (w)

Number of lines: 
58
Number of columns: 
1
Height of minims: 
1mm
Space between lines: 
4mm
Height of written space: 
176mm
Width of written space: 
133mm
Lower margin: 
23mm
Inner margin: 
20mm
Outer margin: 
8mm