Fragment
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.f.29 i
Lost manuscript:
Textual information
Subject:
Bible
Title of work:
Psalms
Section:
65:16–20 and 66:2–4; 66:6–8 and 67:1–9
Orientation:
inverted
Transcription:
(recto) ie mee ¦¦ exultaui su ¦¦ eo non ¦¦ cendit i ¦¦ uit oratu ¦¦ ine ¦¦ . . . ¦¦ in terra ¦¦ confit
(verso) tibi populi omn ¦¦ nedicat nos ¦¦ etuant ¦¦ xu ¦¦ fug ¦¦ Esu ¦¦ flu ¦¦ catores a ¦¦ tent et d ¦¦ . . . ¦¦ cum pe ¦¦ Terra n ¦¦ a facie
Palaeography
Type of script:
Gothic
Script detail:
Textura (written below top line)
Place of production:
England
Date of production:
s. xiii
s. xiii in
Material information
Material:
Parchment
Type of fragment:
Binding strip
Fragment type detail:
lifted, front
Element of folio:
strip cut down the page
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. Initials for the start of each new verse (which show on the recto side) are lombards, larger than text-size, done alternately in blue and red.
Further information
Notes:
The image shows both Harsnett H.f.29 i and ii, with this fragment being that closer to the camera.
Date published:
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 - 10:55
Date last updated:
Monday, July 6, 2015 - 13:45
Dimensions
Fragment:
235mm (h) x 20mm (w)
Number of lines:
21
Number of columns:
1
Height of minims:
4mm
Space between lines:
9mm
Upper margin:
22mm
Height of written space:
160mm
Width of written space:
20mm
Lower margin:
53mm