Song of Solomon and Ecclesiastes
F-y66e
Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library, MS Lat 441.4
Harvard University, HOLLIS (Born Digital)
Description URL
http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990146138850203941/catalog
http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990146138850203941/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 headings in red and blue ink. Probably written at Paris. Includes marginal notes and 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
110 mm
Height of Written Area
103 – 105 mm
Width of Written Area
60 – 61 mm
Number of Columns
2
Width of Columns
29 – 31 mm
Number of Lines
43
Line Height
up to 2 mm
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
Three floriated, 6-line initials in red, blue, white, orange, brown, and pink; two of these have grotesque animals, with one entwined outside the initial with the body residing in the margins.