Fragment
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.f.24 ii
Lost manuscript:
Textual information
Subject:
Medicine
Section:
on urine (right-hand page)
Orientation:
foot to fore-edge
Transcription:
(recto is stuck down)
(verso, left-hand page, col. a) ¦¦gnare illorum in re ¦¦ … ¦¦ssimius intelleg(?)¦¦
(verso, left-hand page, col. b) media pori … sicut dicitur liber de uirtutibus naturalibus li. primo ca. vi … dolor cum ipsi sint inusi¦¦
(verso, right-hand page, col. a) urina testis autem alba possit … si ante ea fuit rabi¦¦
(verso, right-hand page, col. b) rem macoroni hanc s. si¦¦ … ¦¦ nec est natum sicut dicit¦¦
Palaeography
Type of script:
Gothic
Script detail:
Textura
Place of production:
England
Date of production:
s. xiii
s. xiii 2
Material information
Material:
Parchment
Type of fragment:
Binding strip
Fragment type detail:
stuck down, back
Element of folio:
strip cut across the top of the written space of a bifolium
Ruling:
visible ruling for frame in plummet, a tramline at the left of the text block and again in the inner margin, all lines going to the edges.
Decoration:
None.
Further information
Notes:
The fragment is cut across an opening of the original manuscript. The horizontal measurements are:
left-hand page, col. a = 30; reservation = 10; col. b = 62; margin = 55 (30 to centrefold + 25); col. a = 62; reservation = 12; col. b = 37
Dimensions
Fragment:
268mm (h) x 34mm (w)
Number of lines:
6
Number of columns:
2
Height of minims:
2mm
Space between lines:
4mm
Upper margin:
7mm
Height of written space:
27mm
Width of written space:
84mm
Inner margin:
25mm
Width of text 1:
62mm
Reservation 1:
11mm
Width of text 2:
62mm
Outer margin:
29mm