Fragment
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.f.15 i
Lost manuscript:
Textual information
Subject:
Bible
Title of work:
Psalms
Section:
62:12 and 63:2 (omitting 63:1); 59:12–14
Orientation:
foot to fore-edge
Transcription:
(right fol.) ¦¦dieris deus in uirtutibus nostris. | Da nobis auxilium de tribulatione quia uana salus | hominis. In deo faciemus uirtutem | et ipse ad nichilum deducet tribulantes nostros.
(left fol.) est os loquentium iniqua | Exaudi deus orationem meam cum | deprecor a timore inimici eripe | animam meam ¦¦
Palaeography
Type of script:
Gothic
Script detail:
Textura
Place of production:
England
Date of production:
s. xiii in
Material information
Material:
Parchment
Type of fragment:
Binding strip
Fragment type detail:
stuck down, front
Element of folio:
strip, the width of the bifolium
Ruling:
faint plummet
Decoration:
Four-line initial for the start of the psalm: a plain lombard in shell gold on a pied background of pink and blue, with thin white tendrils to the interior. Cut away at the bottom left-hand side. Initials for the start of each new verse are lombards, larger than text-size, done in red.
Further information
Date published:
Monday, June 22, 2015 - 16:22
Date last updated:
Monday, July 6, 2015 - 13:44
Dimensions
Fragment:
309mm (h) x 32mm (w)
Number of lines:
4
Number of columns:
1
Height of minims:
4mm
Space between lines:
9mm
Height of written space:
32mm
Width of written space:
104mm
Inner margin:
23mm
Outer margin:
30mm