Lost Manuscript
Babel MS 33
Two near-complete folios survive as pastedowns in one binding. Their appearance suggests a workmanlike copy of Bersuire's encyclopaedia, with the scribe correcting and annotating his work.
Textual information
Subject:
Natural History
Title of work:
Reductorium morale
Language:
Latin
Palaeography
Type of script:
Gothic
Script detail:
Textura rotunda
Place of production:
England (?or Paris)
Date of production:
s. xiii 2
Material information
Material:
Parchment
Layout:
Bicolumnar
Decoration:
Paraphs against marginal notes, alternating in red and blue.
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.
Dimensions
Page:
343mm (h) x 234+mm (w)
Number of lines:
50
Number of columns:
2
Height of minims:
3mm
Space between lines:
5mm
Height of written space:
Upper margin:
Lower margin:
Inner margin:
Width of text 1:
Reservation 1:
Width of text 2:
Outer margin:
History and further information
Information on dismantling:
The latest date for the roll on the binding is recorded by Oldham as 1542 which suggests that this book was imported to England from Basel and bound soon after its publication in 1540. This gives a fairly precise date for the dismantling of this manuscript.
Number of folios represented:
2
Date published:
Sunday, August 14, 2016 - 08:06
Date last updated:
Friday, September 23, 2016 - 07:42
