Fragment

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

Lost manuscript
Babel MS 23
Host volume
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.b.25
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.

Author: James Willoughby
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