Fragment

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.d.11 ii

Lost manuscript
Babel MS 17
Host volume
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.d.11
Textual Information
Subject
Grammatical
Author of work
Papias
Title of work

Elementarium doctrinae rudimentum

Section

from letter 'L' [Venice 1496 ed, sig. (l vi recto)]

Orientation
foot to gutter
Transcription

(verso, col. 1: no text but top of initial 'L'; col. 2) [inve]nire non possit. Quatuor autem sunt laberinti primus egyptius secundus creticus¦¦

(recto, col. 1) Lac a colore nominatur quod sit . . .¦¦ (col. 2) . . . prouocare¦¦

 

Palaeography
Type of script
Gothic
Script detail
Textura praescissa
Place of production
England
Date of production
s. xiii
s. xiii ex
Material information
Material
Parchment
Type of fragment
Binding strip
Fragment type detail

lifted, back

Element of folio

strip cut across the page

Ruling

very faint plummet

Decoration

Three-line lombard for initial: blue with red penwork flourishing (recto); top of larger illuminated initial (letter 'L') in blue and red, with shell gold, 26mm wide, perhaps three lines in height (verso).

Further information
Author: James Willoughby
Colchester Harsnett H.d.11 back strip verso
Dimensions
Fragment

190mm (h) x 19mm (w)

Number of lines
3
Number of columns
2
Height of minims
3mm
Space between lines
6mm
Height of written space
19mm
Width of written space
142mm
Width of text 1
65mm
Reservation 1
10mm
Width of text 2
67mm
Outer margin
48mm