Fragment

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

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. II (abbreviated)

Transcription

ut patet in leporibus et damulis ... quod genus piscium ad tonitrum et alium motum magnum

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, back

Element of folio

almost the whole page; cropped in inner and outer margins

Ruling

visible ruling for frame in plummet, a tramline at each side of the text block and again in the upper and lower margins, all lines going to the edges. Written below top line.

Decoration

Paraphs alternating in red and blue.

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

328mm (h) x 211mm (w)

Number of lines
50
Number of columns
2
Height of minims
3mm
Space between lines
5mm
Upper margin
33mm
Height of written space
258mm
Width of written space
162mm
Lower margin
37mm
Inner margin
27mm
Width of text 1
74mm
Reservation 1
10mm
Width of text 2
74mm
Outer margin
26mm