Fragment

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.e.49 i

Lost manuscript: 
Babel MS 30
Host volume: 
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.e.49

Textual information

Subject: 
Law
Civil Law
Author of work: 
Justinian
Title of work: 
Digestum (Infortiatum), with gloss (unidentified, Accursius?)
Section: 
36.1.48--36.1.53 / 36.1.46.1--36.1.48
Orientation: 
foot to gutter
Transcription: 

(recto) annos sedecim haberet a ualerio maximo fiduciario (sic) heredem (sic) restitui debeat . . . quam per legem falcidiam retinet tantum efficiat quantum in dote est (txt) | [illegible] in textu pauli . . . sua porcione habere ditaria quasi (gl.)

(verso) competentibus accionibus etiam usuras debitas ex mortis tantum in tempus restitucionis persequar . . . Seius saturnius cum anguleriuis ex classe britannica testamenti fiduciarium reliquid (txt) | irs' filia defuncti non existens contempta quod ab ea . . . e. l. i. ac fiduciaria i. in qua erit (gl.)

Palaeography

Type of script: 
Gothic
Script detail: 
Textura
Place of production: 
Italy
Date of production: 
s. xiii
s. xiii 2

Material information

Material: 
Parchment
Type of fragment: 
Pastedown
Fragment type detail: 
lifted, front
Element of folio: 
top part of the page
Ruling: 
Simple ruling for frame in plummet, including frame for gloss, each line going to the edge. Fainter ruling for the writing lines.
Decoration: 

Large initials are two- or three-line lombards in red or blue, with restrained flourishing in the other colour. Paraphs are blue.

Further information

Notes: 

Measuring from the verso, the vertical gloss columns are 25mm wide, with a reservation of 10mm between each of them and the main text-block; beyond the right-hand gloss column, there is a margin of 35mm. The horizontal gloss is 25mm (and 4 lines) high, and 15mm above the top line; above it there is a upper margin of 25mm.

Date published: 
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 - 16:21
Date last updated: 
Friday, September 23, 2016 - 07:59
Colchester Harsnett H.e.49 i recto

Dimensions

Fragment: 

235mm (h) x 170mm (w)

Number of lines: 
20
Number of columns: 
2
Height of minims: 
2mm
Space between lines: 
6mm
Upper margin: 
55mm
Height of written space: 
180mm
Inner margin: 
45mm
Width of text 1: 
54mm
Reservation 1: 
11mm
Width of text 2: 
53mm
Outer margin: 
70mm
Number of lines (gloss): 
31
Space between lines (gloss): 
4mm
Height of minims (gloss): 
2mm