Fragment

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

Lost manuscript:

Babel MS 25

Host volume:

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

Textual information

Subject:

Medicine

Author of work:

Isaac Israeli (trans. Constantinus Africanus)

Title of work:

Liber urinarum

Section:

ed. [Lyon: B. Trot,] 1515, fol. clxiii-clxiv

Orientation:

foot to fore-edge

Transcription:

(verso, left-hand, inverted) ¦¦exierit vel non ... ad degestionem [corrected to: decocitionem] [rubricated title:] De vase in quo urina debet colligi [text:] Colligatur in vase vitreo ... medicus decipitur¦¦ ... (recto, left-hand) [mul]cotiens colligatur in multis vasis ... [rubricated title:] De tempore videndi urinam [text:] Oportet igitur ut cum ... in loco suo planius [rubricated title:] De calefaccione urine pro eius exitum [text:] Calefieri urinam ... calidam calefiat¦¦ ... (recto, right-hand)[U]rinam in morbis magnam habet ... si illaudabilis signifactio eius¦¦ ... (verso, right-hand, inverted) [lau]dabilis in colica passione ... si homo pleuresim¦¦

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, back

Element of folio:

central bifolium of quire, all but top 4 lines

Ruling:

ruled in plummet for text and gloss

Decoration:

Rubrication.

Further information

Notes:

On the recto there are pen trials 'huius'; on the verso are inked coats of arms with their blazons (?s. xiv).

Bibliography:

POxBO, 29.

Date published:

Sunday, September 20, 2015 - 23:03

Date last updated:

Thursday, April 22, 2021 - 16:46

Dimensions

Fragment:

303mm (h) x 205mm (w)

Number of lines:

Number of columns:

1 + 2 cols of gloss (texts 1 and 3) to each folio

Height of minims:

2mm

Space between lines:

5mm

Height of written space:

127mm

Width of written space:

80mm

Lower margin:

71mm

Inner margin:

10mm

Width of text 1:

25mm

Reservation 1:

3mm

Reservation 2:

3mm

Width of text 3:

12mm

Outer margin:

18mm

Height of minims (gloss):