Lost Manuscript

Babel MS 12

These two fragments provide a witness of a rare text, the Passio of St Felix Nolanus being presently known only in five manuscripts in Paris and one in the Vatican. The cuttings we have do little to help us reconstruct the overall nature of the mansucript from which they came.

Textual Information
Subject
Hagiography
Title of work
Vita et passio S. Felici Nolani
Language
Latin
Palaeography
Type of script
Protogothic
Place of production
England
Material Information
Material
Parchment
Layout
Long lines?
Ruling
Initial at start of work large and unadorned, done in red. Initial letters of new clause stroked with red
Dimensions
Page

mm (h) x mm (w)

Number of lines
12++
Number of columns
1?
Height of minims
3mm
Space between lines
9mm
Width of written space
?80++
Lower margin

65

Outer margin

27

History and further information
Number of folios represented
2
Author: David Rundle_
Constituent Fragments
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.d.9 ii
Colchester Harsnett H.d.9 front flyleaf
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.d.9 i