Fragment

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.d.45 i

Lost manuscript
Babel MS 32
Host volume
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.d.45
Textual Information
Subject
Hagiography
Author of work
Rufinus of Aquileia (translator)
Title of work

Historia monachorum in Aegypto

Section

c. 7, De Apollonio

Orientation
upright
Transcription

(recto) ¦¦s igno ¦¦ sum du¦¦ lta neque ti¦¦ quedam qu¦¦ pomorum gene¦¦ la quoque pun¦¦ ctis copia. Nio¦¦ sinu qui tamen¦¦ hec detulerauit¦¦ cam a quo mit¦¦ graciam deo refer¦¦ . . . modesta ¦¦ aliquando fames ¦¦ ciones terre illu¦¦

(verso) spiritus sanctus ¦¦ cies de fru¦¦ fuerant con¦¦ . . . Aliud quo ¦¦ eramus nos fratres ¦¦ nobis positus ab eius

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

lifted, front

Element of folio

strip cut down the page

Ruling

faint ruling in plummet; written below top-line

Decoration

None.

Further information
Notes

Images provided of both recto and verso.

Author: James Willoughby
Colchester Harsnett H.d.45 i recto
Colchester Harsnett H.d.45 i verso
Dimensions
Fragment

160mm (h) x 32mm (w)

Number of lines
22
Number of columns
1
Height of minims
3mm
Space between lines
7mm
Height of written space
160mm
Width of written space
32mm
Width of text 1
32mm