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Manuscript Description London, British Library MS Additional 45680 | |
| Title: | De Proprietatibus Rerum (fragments) |
| Author: | Trevisa |
| Contents: | Fragment of Trevisa, De Proprietatibus Rerum, ff48r-49v. |
| Language: | English and Latin |
| Date Range: | 15th century hand, perhaps third quarter(?) |
| Scribal Hands: | Examples of the hand. Click on the link above for full details and images of individual letter forms.                 |
| Material: | Parchment |
| No of Folios: | 2; one bifolium but not continuous (was outer bifolium of quire), in a volume of fragments |
| Pagination: | Modern pencil in upper outer corners running through all the fragments in the volume; a previous method of distinguishing part of this volume was naming sections alphabetically by items donated by various people, and this is third item in Part N of the MS, 'presented by G. Gotto, Esq.' |
| Quiring: | n/a |
| Catchwords: | On f49v by scribe under second column, nearer right than left side of the ruled column, several words with a crude scroll drawn around them in black ink. |
| Page Size: | 342 x 222 as it survives (it is severely cropped, with loss of all margin space at top and outer edges). |
| Frame: | What survives is 4 x vertical enclosing the two columns and 4 x horizontal enclosing top and bottom lines, ruled within columns, dry point (there may have been ruling for glosses in outer margin but no outer margin survives; or ruling for running titles but no upper margins survive). |
| Writing Space: | 282 x 196 |
| Marginal Headings: | Red chapter headings. Rubric by scribe in space left at end of line before the next chapter begins, eg 'De tygre Capitulum vj-m' on f49rb naming the Tigre river since all other chapters here on f49 are on rivers; chapters on f48 relate to birds (de coruice' for crow, 'de coruo' for raven on f48v). |
| Paragraph Marks: | Frequent red paraphs. |
| Flourished Initials: | Frequent 3-line red initials with grey penwork flourishing to form a box around the letter. |
| Further Information: | Additional catalogue |