Fragment

London: Westminster Abbey, MS. 36 no. 8

Lost manuscript: 

Textual information

Subject: 
Theology
Author of work: 
Thomas Netter of Walden (d. 1430)
Title of work: 
Doctrinale fidei
Section: 
Lib. II, art. iii, c. 58 [Venice 1757 ed., vol. I, col. 548a-550e (omitting last words of the fragment)]
Orientation: 
raised
Transcription: 

(recto) ¦¦hac alia causa €¦ est professioni et (verso) sanctimonie aptis €¦ tempus habet et locum. Non igitur impediamus ordinem locorum aut¦¦

Palaeography

Type of script: 
Gothic
Place of production: 
England
Date of production: 
s. xv
s. xv 2/4

Material information

Material: 
Parchment
Type of fragment: 
Pastedown
Fragment type detail: 
removed from binding
Element of folio: 
whole folio, plus strip (37 [26 + 11]mm wide) of conjoint folio
Ruling: 
faint, vertical borders extending to top and bottom of folio; double lines for bottom line
Decoration: 

Running header (recto has €˜II€™, verso €˜L€™) and names in red; one line blue-on-red filigree initials

Further information

Notes: 

Verso heavily rubbed. Leaf signature in both centre margin, last line: €˜+ ij€™. Followed immediately by MS. 36 (9).

Bibliography: 

Ker, Pastedowns, 679

Dimensions

Fragment: 

316mm (h) x 229mm (w)

Number of lines: 
45
Number of columns: 
2
Height of minims: 
3mm
Space between lines: 
6mm
Upper margin: 
27mm
Height of written space: 
274mm
Lower margin: 
14mm
Inner margin: 
11mm
Width of text 1: 
78mm
Reservation 1: 
17mm
Width of text 2: 
75mm
Outer margin: 
15mm