Lost Manuscript

Babel MS 12

These two fragments provide a witness of a rare text, the Passio of St Felix Nolanus being presently known only in five manuscripts in Paris and one in the Vatican. The cuttings we have do little to help us reconstruct the overall nature of the mansucript from which they came.

Textual information

Subject: 
Hagiography
Title of work: 
Vita et passio S. Felici Nolani
Language: 
Latin

Palaeography

Type of script: 
Protogothic
Place of production: 
England

Material information

Material: 
Parchment
Layout: 
Long lines?
Ruling: 
Initial at start of work large and unadorned, done in red. Initial letters of new clause stroked with red

Dimensions

Page: 

mm (h) x mm (w)

Number of lines: 
12++
Number of columns: 
1?
Height of minims: 
3mm
Space between lines: 
9mm
Width of written space: 
?80++mm
Lower margin: 
65mm
Outer margin: 
27mm

History and further information

Number of folios represented: 
2
Date last updated: 
Wednesday, July 8, 2015 - 16:45