Fragment

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.b.23 i

Lost manuscript: 

Textual information

Subject: 
Law
Civil Law
Title of work: 
Commentary on the Codex
Section: 
On Codex VI.44-47 and VII.47-51
Orientation: 
foot to fore-edge
Transcription: 

(left-hand page) ¦¦... dicit[?] mihi dedisti ... [rubric:] De his quae sub modo legata vel fideicommissa relinquuntur [text:] lego tibi c. ut iubas[?] ... [rubric:] [De usuris] et fructibus legatorum vel fideicommissorum [text:] ... si ante commitatur¦¦

(right-hand page) ¦¦de ac ep' ... [rubric, very rubbed:]  De sententiis, quae pro eo quod interest proferuntur [in margin:] Iudex [text:] Iudex est delegatus ad rem certam ... [rubric, very rubbed:] De fructibus et litis expensis [in margin:] Hec fructuum [text:] fructuum nomine ... ¦¦

Palaeography

Type of script: 
Gothic
Script detail: 
Anglicana
Place of production: 
England
Date of production: 
s. xiii
s. xiii 2

Material information

Material: 
Parchment
Type of fragment: 
Pastedown
Fragment type detail: 
pastedown, front, in situ
Element of folio: 
bifolium, lower two thirds
Ruling: 
faint plummet
Decoration: 

Alternating red and blue one-line lombards for head-words; rubrication.

Further information

Notes: 

Gutter margins of 20 mm each side of the spine-fold.

Bibliography: 

Ker, Pastedowns, no. 30.

Date last updated: 
Sunday, December 6, 2015 - 08:48
Colchester Harsnett H.b.23 i

Dimensions

Fragment: 

309mm (h) x 202mm (w)

Number of lines: 
52
Number of columns: 
1
Height of minims: 
1mm
Space between lines: 
4mm
Height of written space: 
185mm
Width of written space: 
140mm
Lower margin: 
17mm
Inner margin: 
20mm
Outer margin: 
20mm