Fragment
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.d.11 ii
Lost manuscript:
Textual information
Subject:
Grammatical
Author of work:
Papias
Title of work:
Elementarium doctrinae rudimentum
Section:
from letter 'L' [Venice 1496 ed, sig. (l vi recto)]
Orientation:
foot to gutter
Transcription:
(verso, col. 1: no text but top of initial ‘L’; col. 2) [inve]nire non possit. Quatuor autem sunt laberinti primus egyptius secundus creticus¦¦
(recto, col. 1) Lac a colore nominatur quod sit . . .¦¦ (col. 2) . . . prouocare¦¦
Palaeography
Type of script:
Gothic
Script detail:
Textura praescissa
Place of production:
England
Date of production:
s. xiii
s. xiii ex
Material information
Material:
Parchment
Type of fragment:
Binding strip
Fragment type detail:
lifted, back
Element of folio:
strip cut across the page
Ruling:
very faint plummet
Decoration:
Three-line lombard for initial: blue with red penwork flourishing (recto); top of larger illuminated initial (letter ‘L’) in blue and red, with shell gold, 26mm wide, perhaps three lines in height (verso).
Dimensions
Fragment:
190mm (h) x 19mm (w)
Number of lines:
3
Number of columns:
2
Height of minims:
3mm
Space between lines:
6mm
Height of written space:
19mm
Width of written space:
142mm
Width of text 1:
65mm
Reservation 1:
10mm
Width of text 2:
67mm
Outer margin:
48mm