Fragment

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.g.25 i

Lost manuscript: 

Textual information

Subject: 
Liturgy
Title of work: 
Early missal with hymnal
Orientation: 
foot to gutter
Transcription: 

(recto, left-hand page) tis ut inter mundanas uarietates ibi ostra fixa sint corda ubi uera sunt gaudia . . . Iacobus dei et domini nostri Iesu Christi seruus duodecim tribubus qui sunt in dispersione salutem . . .

(recto, right-hand page) crimina crudelem mortem patiens ut nos a morte tolleres . . . Tu esto nostrum gaudium qui es futurus [= the early hymn, 'Iesu nostra redemptio']

(verso, left-hand page) potestate [[ ? ]] Non est uestrum nosse tempora uel momenta que pater posuit in sua potestate sed accipietis uirtutem . . . et nubes suscepit eum ab oculis eorum

(verso, right-hand page) amen dico uobis quia plorabitis et flebitis . . . natus est homo in mundo. Et uos igitur.

Palaeography

Type of script: 
Protogothic
Place of production: 
England
Date of production: 
s. xii
s. xii med

Material information

Material: 
Parchment
Type of fragment: 
Binding strip
Fragment type detail: 
lifted, back
Element of folio: 
strip cut across an opening
Ruling: 
very faint plummet; prickings visible in inner margin
Decoration: 

Rubrication.

Further information

Notes: 

Image shows fragment ii (to left) as well as this fragment.

Date last updated: 
Friday, September 23, 2016 - 08:09
Colchester Harsnett H.g.25 i & ii

Dimensions

Fragment: 

270mm (h) x 26mm (w)

Number of lines: 
5
Number of columns: 
1
Height of minims: 
2mm
Space between lines: 
4mm
Height of written space: 
26mm
Width of written space: 
100mm
Inner margin: 
18mm
Outer margin: 
23mm