Fragment

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.a.54 i

Lost manuscript
Babel MS 24
Host volume
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.a.54
Textual Information
Subject
Medicine
Title of work

De oculis

Orientation
upright
Transcription

(recto) oculum pacientis confert obtahmam ¦¦ m et post illud colhrium rubeum . . [last fully legible line:] et cum dolor fit fortis in fundatur [four lines remain]

(verso) sed ipse excitatur post horam uehementer ¦¦ quam prius fuit propterea quod pro habent resolui. ¦¦ [A new work:] Sermo de medicinis obtahmo.¦¦ Colhrium quidem album nam ¦¦ ?conglautinativum infrigid ¦¦ . . [last full line:] autem humorem cum eo quod est fratres et cum [three lines remain]

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
Flyleaf
Fragment type detail

lifted, front

Element of folio

cutting of perhaps three quarters of the original page

Ruling

none visible

Decoration

Titulus is rubricated. Initial is a two-line lombard in blue with red penwork flourishing. Rubrication; remains of red penwork flourishing of an initial across top of recto page.

Further information
Notes

Rubbed recto, compatible with it having been used as a wrapper. Damaged and tattered at foot by damp. 

The photograph has been enhanced by adjusting brightness to make text more legible.

Author: James Willoughby
Colchester Harsnett H.a.54 i recto
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
17mm
Height of written space
171mm
Width of text 1
65mm
Outer margin
55mm