Fragment
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.b.23 i
Lost manuscript:
Textual information
Subject:
Civil Law, Law
Title of work:
Commentary on the Codex
Section:
On Codex VI.44-47 and VII.47-51
Orientation:
foot to fore-edge
Transcription:
(left-hand page) ¦¦… dicit[?] mihi dedisti … [rubric:] De his quae sub modo legata vel fideicommissa relinquuntur [text:] lego tibi c. ut iubas[?] … [rubric:] [De usuris] et fructibus legatorum vel fideicommissorum [text:] … si ante commitatur¦¦
(right-hand page) ¦¦de ac ep’ … [rubric, very rubbed:] De sententiis, quae pro eo quod interest proferuntur [in margin:] Iudex [text:] Iudex est delegatus ad rem certam … [rubric, very rubbed:] De fructibus et litis expensis [in margin:] Hec fructuum [text:] fructuum nomine … ¦¦
Palaeography
Type of script:
Gothic
Script detail:
Anglicana
Place of production:
England
Date of production:
s. xiii
s. xiii 2
Material information
Material:
Parchment
Type of fragment:
Pastedown
Fragment type detail:
pastedown, front, in situ
Element of folio:
bifolium, lower two thirds
Ruling:
faint plummet
Decoration:
Alternating red and blue one-line lombards for head-words; rubrication.
Further information
Notes:
Gutter margins of 20 mm each side of the spine-fold.
Bibliography:
Ker, Pastedowns, no. 30.
Dimensions
Fragment:
309mm (h) x 202mm (w)
Number of lines:
52
Number of columns:
1
Height of minims:
1mm
Space between lines:
4mm
Height of written space:
185mm
Width of written space:
140mm
Lower margin:
17mm
Inner margin:
20mm
Outer margin:
20mm