Fragment
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.b.25 i
Lost manuscript:
Textual information
Subject:
Civil Law, Law
Title of work:
Commentary on the Codex
Section:
On Codex VI.61-VII.1
Orientation:
foot to fore-edge
Transcription:
(recto, left-hand page blank; right-hand page:) ¦¦… perpetuo decet principi … (rubricated:) De bonis et [sic] liberis in potestate constitutis [rest of title rubbed]…
(verso, left-hand page) ¦¦… de omnibus rebus adventibus … (underlined:) Excipitur … (underlined:) Nota contra ypotecam … (underlined:) tacitas … s. de petu l. ca. iii¦¦
(verso, right-hand page) ¦¦… contra dicente et filius habebit … (rubric:) De hereditatibus decurionum … (text, followed by space of five lines; rubric:) De vindicta libertate et apud consilium manumissione (text:) … apud consil[ium]¦¦
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:
lifted, front
Element of folio:
bifolium, lower two thirds, from centre of quire
Ruling:
none visible
Further information
Notes:
Rubrication of section headings, and capitula marks in red.
Bibliography:
Ker, Pastedowns, no. 30.
Dimensions
Fragment:
303mm (h) x 199mm (w)
Number of lines:
58
Number of columns:
1
Height of minims:
1mm
Space between lines:
4mm
Height of written space:
176mm
Width of written space:
133mm
Lower margin:
23mm
Inner margin:
20mm
Outer margin:
8mm