Fragment

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

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) 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.

Author: James Willoughby
Colchester Harsnett H.a.54 ii rectoColchester Harsnett H.a.54 ii 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
19mm
Height of written space
169mm
Width of text 1
75mm
Outer margin
45mm