Fragment

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.g.17 i

Lost manuscript: 

Textual information

Subject: 
Natural History
Author of work: 
Pierre Bersuire (Petrus Berchorius)
Title of work: 
Reductorium morale
Section: 
Lib. VI, c. xi-xii (ed. Cologne, 1731, pp. 144-47)
Orientation: 
upright
Transcription: 

carente latitudine manifesta  . . . sed paulatim per aggregacionem percium uaporabilium in

(presented without chapter divisions)

Palaeography

Type of script: 
Gothic
Script detail: 
Textura rotunda
Place of production: 
England (?or Paris)
Date of production: 
s. xiii
s. xiii 2

Material information

Material: 
Parchment
Type of fragment: 
Pastedown
Fragment type detail: 
stuck down, front
Element of folio: 
almost the whole page; cropped in inner margin
Ruling: 
visible ruling for frame in plummet, a tramline at the left of the text block and again in the lower margin, all lines going to the edges.
Decoration: 

Paraphs against marginal notes, alternating in red and blue.

Further information

Date last updated: 
Friday, September 23, 2016 - 08:09
Colchester Harsnett H.g.17 i

Dimensions

Fragment: 

332mm (h) x 206mm (w)

Number of lines: 
50
Number of columns: 
2
Height of minims: 
3mm
Space between lines: 
5mm
Upper margin: 
20mm
Height of written space: 
260mm
Width of written space: 
162mm
Lower margin: 
52mm
Inner margin: 
50mm
Width of text 1: 
73mm
Reservation 1: 
10mm
Width of text 2: 
73mm