Fragment

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.f.29 i

Lost manuscript
Babel MS 2
Host volume
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.f.29
Textual Information
Subject
Bible
Title of work

Psalms

Section

65:16–20 and 66:2–4; 66:6–8 and 67:1–9

Orientation
inverted
Transcription

(recto) ie mee ¦¦ exultaui su ¦¦ eo non ¦¦ cendit i ¦¦ uit oratu ¦¦ ine ¦¦ . . . ¦¦ in terra ¦¦ confit

(verso) tibi populi omn ¦¦ nedicat nos ¦¦ etuant ¦¦ xu ¦¦ fug ¦¦ Esu ¦¦ flu ¦¦ catores a ¦¦ tent et d ¦¦ . . . ¦¦ cum pe ¦¦ Terra n ¦¦ a facie

Palaeography
Type of script
Gothic
Script detail
Textura (written below top line)
Place of production
England
Date of production
s. xiii
s. xiii in
Material information
Material
Parchment
Type of fragment
Binding strip
Fragment type detail

lifted, front

Element of folio

strip cut down the page

Ruling

faint plummet

Decoration

Four-line initial for the start of the psalm: a plain lombard in shell gold on a pied background of pink and blue, with thin white tendrils to the interior. Initials for the start of each new verse (which show on the recto side) are lombards, larger than text-size, done alternately in blue and red.

Further information
Notes

The image shows both Harsnett H.f.29 i and ii, with this fragment being that closer to the camera.

Author: James Willoughby
Colchester Harsnett H.f.29 strips
Dimensions
Fragment

235mm (h) x 20mm (w)

Number of lines
21
Number of columns
1
Height of minims
4mm
Space between lines
9mm
Upper margin
22mm
Height of written space
160mm
Width of written space
20mm
Lower margin
53mm