Lost Manuscript

Babel MS 3

Presently, two small fragments of this manuscript are known. It appears that together they form the lower left corner of a folio, and suggest that the manuscript was formed of thin columns of Biblical text, with both marginal and interlinear glossing. The glosses appear to be the glossa ordinaria augmented with fuller quotations from Augustine and Bede.

Textual information

Subject: 
Bible
Title of work: 
Exodus, with gloss
Language: 
Latin

Palaeography

Type of script: 
Protogothic
Place of production: 
England
Date of production: 
s. xii ex

Material information

Material: 
Parchment
Layout: 
Text and gloss
Ruling: 
In plummet

Dimensions

Page: 

116+mmmm (h) x 98+mmmm (w)

Number of columns: 
2? of text, plus glossing columns
Height of minims: 
3mm
Space between lines: 
9mm
Height of written space: 
62+mm
Width of written space: 
83+mm
Lower margin: 
54mm
Width of text 1: 
c. 25mm
Reservation 1: 
6mm
Width of text 2: 
c. 25mm
Reservation 2: 
6mm
Width of text 3: 
54mm
Outer margin: 
11mm

History and further information

Number of folios represented: 
1?
Date last updated: 
Friday, September 23, 2016 - 09:03