Fragment

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.g.17 i

Lost manuscript
Babel MS 33
Host volume
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.g.17
Textual Information
Subject
Natural History
Author of work
Pierre Bersuire (Petrus Berchorius)
Title of work

Reductorium morale

Section

Lib. VI, c. xi-xii (ed. Cologne, 1731, pp. 144-47)

Orientation
upright
Transcription

carente latitudine manifesta  . . . sed paulatim per aggregacionem percium uaporabilium in

(presented without chapter divisions)

Palaeography
Type of script
Gothic
Script detail
Textura rotunda
Place of production
England (?or Paris)
Date of production
s. xiii
s. xiii 2
Material information
Material
Parchment
Type of fragment
Pastedown
Fragment type detail

stuck down, front

Element of folio

almost the whole page; cropped in inner margin

Ruling

visible ruling for frame in plummet, a tramline at the left of the text block and again in the lower margin, all lines going to the edges.

Decoration

Paraphs against marginal notes, alternating in red and blue.

Further information
Author: James Willoughby
Colchester Harsnett H.g.17 i
Dimensions
Fragment

332mm (h) x 206mm (w)

Number of lines
50
Number of columns
2
Height of minims
3mm
Space between lines
5mm
Upper margin
20mm
Height of written space
260mm
Width of written space
162mm
Lower margin
52mm
Inner margin
50mm
Width of text 1
73mm
Reservation 1
10mm
Width of text 2
73mm