Fragment

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.d.9 ii

Lost manuscript
Babel MS 12
Host volume
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.d.9
Textual Information
Subject
Hagiography
Title of work

Vita S. Felicis Nolani [BHL 2869]

Orientation
upright
Transcription

(recto) prompsit. Hodie baptizatus est . . . secula seculorum amen. Incipit passio sancti felicis presbiteri germani predicti felicis. Factum est autem post

(verso) dictum locum inuenit ibidem . . . cuius nolanus. Cui etiam

Palaeography
Type of script
Protogothic
Place of production
England
Date of production
s. xii
s. xii med
Material information
Material
Parchment
Type of fragment
Flyleaf
Element of folio

lower outer quarter of the leaf

Ruling

dry point

Decoration

Rubrication; initial at start of work is large and unadorned, done in red. Initial letters of new clause stroked with red.

Further information
Author: James Willoughby
Dimensions
Fragment

163mm (h) x 103mm (w)

Number of lines
12
Number of columns
1
Height of minims
3mm
Space between lines
9mm
Height of written space
98mm
Width of written space
76mm
Lower margin
65mm
Outer margin
27mm