Fragment
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.b.30 i
Lost manuscript:
Textual information
Subject:
Bible
Title of work:
John (glossed)
Section:
7:7 to 7:22
Orientation:
upright
Transcription:
timonium perhibeo de illo quia opera eius mala sunt . . . propterea moyses dedit
Palaeography
Type of script:
Gothic
Script detail:
Textura
Place of production:
France (?Paris)
Date of production:
s. xiii
s. xiii med
Material information
Material:
Parchment
Type of fragment:
Pastedown
Fragment type detail:
pastedown, in situ
Element of folio:
almost the whole page, providing the full height but lacking inner margin (including any gloss column), two to three letters of text and outer margin
Ruling:
ruled in plummet for the gloss
Decoration:
Running header ‘IO’ in red and blue. Likewise, glosses are separated by capitula marks alternating in red and blue.
Further information
Notes:
Glossing appears to be integral to the making of the manuscript. It is placed not only in the column to the right of the text but also interlinearly.
Dimensions
Fragment:
300mm (h) x 185mm (w)
Number of lines:
21
Number of columns:
1 + gloss
Height of minims:
4mm
Space between lines:
10mm
Upper margin:
25mm
Height of written space:
247mm
Width of written space:
185mm
Lower margin:
28mm
Width of text 1:
120mm
Reservation 1:
5mm
Width of text 2:
60mm
Number of lines (gloss):
54mm
Space between lines (gloss):
2mm
Height of minims (gloss):
1mm