Fragment

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.b.23 i

Lost manuscript
Babel MS 23
Host volume
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.b.23
Textual Information
Subject
Law
Civil Law
Title of work

Commentary on the Codex

Section

On Codex VI.44-47 and VII.47-51

Orientation
foot to fore-edge
Transcription

(left-hand page) ¦¦... dicit[?] mihi dedisti ... [rubric:] De his quae sub modo legata vel fideicommissa relinquuntur [text:] lego tibi c. ut iubas[?] ... [rubric:] [De usuris] et fructibus legatorum vel fideicommissorum [text:] ... si ante commitatur¦¦

(right-hand page) ¦¦de ac ep' ... [rubric, very rubbed:]  De sententiis, quae pro eo quod interest proferuntur [in margin:] Iudex [text:] Iudex est delegatus ad rem certam ... [rubric, very rubbed:] De fructibus et litis expensis [in margin:] Hec fructuum [text:] fructuum nomine ... ¦¦

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

pastedown, front, in situ

Element of folio

bifolium, lower two thirds

Ruling

faint plummet

Decoration

Alternating red and blue one-line lombards for head-words; rubrication.

Further information
Notes

Gutter margins of 20 mm each side of the spine-fold.

Bibliography

Ker, Pastedowns, no. 30.

Author: James Willoughby
Colchester Harsnett H.b.23 iColchester Harsnett H.b.23 i
Dimensions
Fragment

309mm (h) x 202mm (w)

Number of lines
52
Number of columns
1
Height of minims
1mm
Space between lines
4mm
Height of written space
185mm
Width of written space
140mm
Lower margin
17mm
Inner margin
20mm
Outer margin
20mm