Fragment

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.d.4 i

Lost manuscript
Babel MS 11
Host volume
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.d.4
Textual Information
Subject
Hagiography
Title of work

Vita S. Iudae Cyriaci (S. Quiriacus)

Section

cc. 7–8 (recto); cc. 3–5 (verso)

Orientation
foot to gutter
Transcription

(verso) patibulo adfixum . . . hunc labor

(recto) erunt ei iudam . . . Per crucifixum

 

Palaeography
Type of script
Protogothic
Place of production
England
Date of production
s. xii
s. xii ex
Material information
Material
Parchment
Type of fragment
Binding strip
Fragment type detail

lifted, front

Element of folio

strip providing near-complete width of folio

Ruling

faint plummet

Further information
Bibliography

BHL 7022–3

Author: James Willoughby
Colchester Harsnett H.d.4 front strip
Dimensions
Fragment

160mm (h) x 28mm (w)

Number of lines
2
Number of columns
2
Height of minims
4mm
Space between lines
9mm
Height of written space
28mm
Width of text 1
60mm
Reservation 1
20mm
Width of text 2
80mm