Type

Fragment

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.g.25 i

Lost manuscript
Textual Information
Subject
Liturgy
Title of work

Early missal with hymnal

Orientation
foot to gutter
Transcription

(recto, left-hand page) tis ut inter mundanas uarietates ibi ostra fixa sint corda ubi uera sunt gaudia . . . Iacobus dei et domini nostri Iesu Christi seruus duodecim tribubus qui sunt in dispersione salutem . . .

(recto, right-hand page) crimina crudelem mortem patiens ut nos a morte tolleres . . . Tu esto nostrum gaudium qui es futurus [= the early hymn, 'Iesu nostra redemptio']

(verso, left-hand page) potestate [[ ? ]] Non est uestrum nosse tempora uel momenta que pater posuit in sua potestate sed accipietis uirtutem . . . et nubes suscepit eum ab oculis eorum

(verso, right-hand page) amen dico uobis quia plorabitis et flebitis . . . natus est homo in mundo. Et uos igitur.

Palaeography
Type of script
Protogothic
Place of production
England
Date of production
s. xii
s. xii med
Material information
Material
Parchment
Type of fragment
Binding strip
Fragment type detail

lifted, back

Element of folio

strip cut across an opening

Ruling

very faint plummet; prickings visible in inner margin

Decoration

Rubrication.

Further information
Notes

Image shows fragment ii (to left) as well as this fragment.

Author: James Willoughby
Dimensions
Fragment

270mm (h) x 26mm (w)

Number of lines
5
Number of columns
1
Height of minims
2mm
Space between lines
4mm
Height of written space
26mm
Width of written space
100mm
Inner margin
18mm
Outer margin
23mm