Fragment

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.d.52 i

Lost manuscript
Babel MS 4
Host volume
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.d.52
Textual Information
Subject
Bible
Title of work

2 Macabees

Section

3:17 (recto); 3:1 and 9 (verso)

Transcription

(verso, col. 1)[adhuc op¦¦] ¦¦onie ¦¦nem et¦¦ (col. 2)¦¦mo sacerdote in ciuitate esset exceptus narrauit de dato

(recto) et horror corporis per quem manifestus aspicientibus dolor cordis eius efficiebatur

 

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

lifted, back

Element of folio

strip cut across the page

Ruling

none visible

Decoration

none

Further information
Notes

Generous side margin is evident (for a gloss that was not entered?).

Author: James Willoughby
Colchester Harsnett H.d.52 back strip verso
Dimensions
Fragment

147mm (h) x 14mm (w)

Number of lines
3
Number of columns
2
Height of minims
3mm
Space between lines
7mm
Height of written space
14mm
Width of written space
147mm
Width of text 1
15mm
Reservation 1
12mm
Width of text 2
57mm
Outer margin
63mm