Fragment

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett K.a.9 i

Lost manuscript
Babel MS 7
Host volume
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett K.a.9
Textual Information
Subject
Patristics
Author of work
Augustine (354-430)
Title of work

De immortalitate animae

Section

cc. 8-11 [ed. Hörmann {CSEL, lxxxix} (Vienna, 1986), pp. 116 (l. 24) - 119 (l. 24)]

Orientation
upright
Transcription

¦¦bile est mutabile ... id est metuendum.

Palaeography
Type of script
Gothic
Script detail
tiny, with some extravagant descenders and diagonal ascenders, and tall final s
Date of production
s. xiii
s. xiii 1
Material information
Material
Parchment
Type of fragment
Pastedown
Fragment type detail

at front

Element of folio

full folio

Ruling

Fully ruled in plummet with horizontal lines crossing the central reservation

Further information
Author: David Rundle_
Colchester Harsnett K.a.9 front pastedown
Dimensions
Fragment

172mm (h) x 105mm (w)

Number of lines
41
Number of columns
2
Height of minims
1mm
Space between lines
4mm
Height of written space
163mm
Lower margin
9mm
Inner margin
6mm
Width of text 1
45mm
Reservation 1
8mm
Width of text 2
45mm
Outer margin
1mm