Lost Manuscript
Babel MS 20
Two small strips are presently known from this volume but they are enough to tell us that this would have been an attractive and small illuminated devotional book.
Textual information
Subject:
Liturgy
Title of work:
Hours of the Virgin
Language:
Latin
Palaeography
Type of script:
Gothic
Script detail:
Textura
Place of production:
England
Date of production:
s. xiv in
Material information
Material:
Parchment
Layout:
Long lines
Decoration:
Each fragments has remains of an illuminated initial in blue and gold, as well as red and blue decorative line-filler; on fragment i, there is also two-line lombard, cropped, with red penwork.
Ruling:
pale violet crayon
Dimensions
Page:
?210mm (h) x 145mm (w)
Height of minims:
3mm
Space between lines:
6mm
Height of written space:
Width of written space:
Inner margin:
Outer margin:
History and further information
Information on dismantling:
The date of its use in a binding -- between 1607 and 1631 -- suggests a notably late date for its being available for cutting up and re-use.
Number of folios represented:
?2
