Fragment

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett I.a.20 ii

Textual information

Subject: 
Theology
Unidentified
Orientation: 
inverted
Transcription: 

(recto) ¦¦rum eis quod po¦¦¦¦gnem ignis ¦¦ ... abscide eam [Matthew 5:30] ... ¦¦nuper ardebit¦¦ ¦¦os dies. Non¦¦

(verso) ¦¦Misit heu¦¦ ¦¦iohannem ¦¦ et non causam d¦¦ ... ¦¦ligi illud quod¦¦ ¦¦regunt se¦¦

Palaeography

Type of script: 
Protogothic
Place of production: 
?England
Date of production: 
s. xiii
s. xiii 1

Material information

Material: 
Parchment
Type of fragment: 
Flyleaf
Fragment type detail: 
A little over a third of the width of the printed book
Element of folio: 
Bottom left-hand corner of a folio
Ruling: 
Plummet, with double bounding lines for last line
Decoration: 

Blue lombard two-line initial with red pen-flourishing.

Further information

Notes: 

Some signs of marginalia (s. xiii): 'nota', 'aug[ustinus]'.

The image shows the fragment next to a flyleaf of printed matter (Book of Common Prayer).

Date last updated: 
Friday, September 23, 2016 - 08:06
Colchester Harsnett I.a.20 ii verso

Dimensions

Fragment: 

140mm (h) x 40mm (w)

Number of lines: 
21
Number of columns: 
1
Height of minims: 
2mm
Space between lines: 
6mm
Height of written space: 
120mm
Width of written space: 
20mm
Lower margin: 
20mm
Outer margin: 
20mm