Fragment
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.d.11 i
Lost manuscript:
Textual information
Subject:
Grammatical
Author of work:
Papias
Title of work:
Elementarium doctrinae rudimentum
Section:
letter 'L' [Venice 1496 ed., sig (l vi verso and l vii recto)]
Orientation:
foot to fore-edge
Transcription:
(recto, col. 1) quod habundet lactis uel quia . . . et Sarralia dicitur . . . serre est lactu¦¦ (col. 2) dicunt vel situle … lagunculas a¦¦
(verso, col. 1) accionem lampadeni uel lampadi . . .¦¦ (col. 2) . . . uestibus in he¦¦
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, front
Element of folio:
strip cut across the page
Ruling:
very faint plummet
Decoration:
On verso, three-line lombard for initial: blue with red penwork flourishing, 11mm wide.
Dimensions
Fragment:
190mm (h) x 20mm (w)
Number of lines:
3
Number of columns:
2
Height of minims:
3mm
Space between lines:
6mm
Height of written space:
20mm
Width of written space:
148mm
Inner margin:
42mm
Width of text 1:
67mm
Reservation 1:
11mm
Width of text 2:
70mm