Fragment

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.a.54 i

Lost manuscript: 

Textual information

Subject: 
Medicine
Title of work: 
De oculis
Orientation: 
upright
Transcription: 

(recto) oculum pacientis confert obtahmam ¦¦ m et post illud colhrium rubeum . . [last fully legible line:] et cum dolor fit fortis in fundatur [four lines remain]

(verso) sed ipse excitatur post horam uehementer ¦¦ quam prius fuit propterea quod pro habent resolui. ¦¦ [A new work:] Sermo de medicinis obtahmo.¦¦ Colhrium quidem album nam ¦¦ ?conglautinativum infrigid ¦¦ . . [last full line:] autem humorem cum eo quod est fratres et cum [three lines remain]

Palaeography

Type of script: 
Gothic
Script detail: 
Textura Rotunda
Place of production: 
S. France or N. Italy
Date of production: 
s. xiii
s. xiii ex
s. xiv
s. xiv in

Material information

Material: 
Parchment
Type of fragment: 
Flyleaf
Fragment type detail: 
lifted, front
Element of folio: 
cutting of perhaps three quarters of the original page
Ruling: 
none visible
Decoration: 

Titulus is rubricated. Initial is a two-line lombard in blue with red penwork flourishing. Rubrication; remains of red penwork flourishing of an initial across top of recto page.

Further information

Notes: 

Rubbed recto, compatible with it having been used as a wrapper. Damaged and tattered at foot by damp. 

The photograph has been enhanced by adjusting brightness to make text more legible.

Date last updated: 
Sunday, December 6, 2015 - 10:36
Colchester Harsnett H.a.54 i recto

Dimensions

Fragment: 

188mm (h) x 120mm (w)

Number of lines: 
31
Number of columns: 
1 visible
Height of minims: 
3mm
Space between lines: 
6mm
Upper margin: 
17mm
Height of written space: 
171mm
Width of text 1: 
65mm
Outer margin: 
55mm