Fragment
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett K.f.11 iii
Lost manuscript:
Textual information
Subject:
Astronomy
Unidentified
Orientation:
foot to fore-edge
Transcription:
¦¦ature concurrentes s¦¦… ¦¦n motu sponta¦¦
Palaeography
Type of script:
Protogothic
Date of production:
s. xii 2
Material information
Material:
Parchment
Type of fragment:
Tab
Fragment type detail:
Stuck to pastedown of upper board
Element of folio:
small cutting from bottom lines of folio
Further information
Notes:
Title of printed book written (s. xvii in) on the loose, blank section of the recto: 'Textus S[enten]tiarum [cum] conclusion[ibus] Gorichem 19. A¦¦'. The script which writes this provides the same service on tabs in other books owned by Richard Bancroft, for instance Oxford: Bodleian, 4o 20 Th. Seld., on which see James Carley, 'Two Strays from Henry VIII's Library and their subsequent Provenance', Bodleian Library Record, xviii (2015), pp. 37-46.
Date published:
Friday, May 29, 2015 - 07:30
Date last updated:
Thursday, August 11, 2016 - 07:36
Dimensions
Fragment:
43mm (h) x 58mm (w)
Number of lines:
2
Height of minims:
5mm
Space between lines:
10mm
Height of written space:
20mm
Lower margin:
23mm
Width of text 1:
58mm