Fragment

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.a.57 i

Textual information

Subject: 
Law
Civil Law
Title of work: 
Digest
Section: 
XXXI.xxxi.41 and XXXI.xxxiv.7
Orientation: 
upright
Transcription: 

[recto:] ¦¦ione leg¦¦ ... [qui]bus fund[um] ... ¦¦ accre[scat] ... ¦¦an de[ductiones impensarum] fieri possint ... [no complete words in gloss]

[verso:] [ac]cepit ... proponantur ... [te]statricis ...

Palaeography

Type of script: 
Gothic
Script detail: 
Textura Rotunda
Place of production: 
N. Italy
Date of production: 
s. xiii

Material information

Material: 
Parchment
Type of fragment: 
Binding strip
Fragment type detail: 
lifted, front
Element of folio: 
strip cut down the page
Ruling: 
simple ruling for frame in plummet
Decoration: 

Paraphs in red and blue on verso.

Further information

Notes: 

It is impossible to extrapolate from this one fragment the size of the folio, but it appears from the missing text that the layout involved narrow columns, perhaps with gloss between and certainly with gloss - provided by the scribe - in the lower margin.

Date last updated: 
Sunday, December 6, 2015 - 12:09
Colchester Harsnett H.a.57 i

Dimensions

Fragment: 

196mm (h) x 15mm (w)

Number of lines: 
18
Number of columns: 
1 visible
Height of minims: 
4mm
Space between lines: 
7mm
Height of written space: 
154mm
Width of written space: 
15mm
Lower margin: 
25mm
Width of text 1: 
15mm
Number of lines (gloss): 
11
Space between lines (gloss): 
5mm
Height of minims (gloss): 
3mm