Fragment

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

Lost manuscript: 

Textual information

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

(recto) carum et ad corticem primum est mala magna ¦¦ . . sa occupans locum magnum et nominatur. [Ends in section 'Cura de exituris oculi et exituris cornee']

(verso) ?inde fuerit colerica euacuabus post . . et ut sit

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: 
Pastedown
Fragment type detail: 
lifted, back
Element of folio: 
cutting of perhaps three quarters of the original page
Ruling: 
none visible
Decoration: 

Tituli are rubricated. Initials are two-line lombards in blue with red penwork flourishing; the initial i on the verso is extended.

Further information

Notes: 

Rubbed and darkened verso, compatible with it having been used as a wrapper. Damaged and tattered by damp at the fore-edge.

The photograph provided is a detail of the recto.

Date last updated: 
Sunday, December 6, 2015 - 10:36
Colchester Harsnett H.a.54 ii 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: 
19mm
Height of written space: 
169mm
Width of text 1: 
75mm
Outer margin: 
45mm