Book of Esther
F-b675
Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library, MS Lat 441.2
Harvard University, HOLLIS (Born Digital)
Description URL
http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990145774860203941/catalog
http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990145774860203941/catalog
General Information
Material
vellum
Script, Hands
Written in two columns of 43 lines, in brown ink in a small "pearl script" gothic bookhand measuring 2mm or less in height, with initials and numerals in red and blue ink; probably written at Paris. Includes later line numbering by 5s, probably written in the 14th century in England.
General Remarks
Possibly forms a part of a whole that would include MS Lat 441, 441.1, 441.2, 441.3 and 441.4, Houghon Library.
Original Condition
Page Height
160 mm
Page Width
100 – 105 mm
Width of Written Area
65 – 67 mm
Number of Columns
2
Width of Columns
30 – 31 mm
Number of Lines
43
Line Height
up to 2 mm