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 last updated: 
Thursday, August 11, 2016 - 07:36
Colchester Harsnett K.f.11 tab

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