12022-10-20T20:38:35-07:00Elizabeth Palomino97f5cc41f822c98012020ee3f1612be0c7950d52406361plain2022-10-20T20:38:35-07:00Elizabeth Palomino97f5cc41f822c98012020ee3f1612be0c7950d52The word manuscript, literally 'handwritten', describes a book that is written by hand. It is abbreviated as ms. (singular) and mss. (plural).
Originally part of a larger manuscript, this single parchmentleaf was cut and folded to fit as a cover for a new manuscript. It is unknown what book was bound within this manuscript. Based on the fold lines, it is estimated that the dimensions of the book were about 156 x 96 x 43 mm. The widest part of the manuscript’s width measures 290 mm. It is estimated that before the leaf was trimmed it was around 450 x 300 mm. This leaf is approximately half its original size. As it is, there are 27 lines of text in 3 columns on both sides of the leaf. The 3-column layout and wide largos on either side, suggests that this fragment was part of a large-scale manuscript.[1]
[1] Yavuz, Kıvılcım N. “Manuscript of the Month: A Previously Unknown Witness to a Medieval Dictionary and the Origins of Librarians.” Inside Spencer: The KSRL Blog, 29 Apr. 2020, https://blogs.lib.ku.edu/spencer/manuscript-of-the-month-a-previously-unknown-witness-to-a-medieval-dictionary-and-the-origins-of-librarians/.