Manuscript Laboratory, Part 1: Determining Provenance and Descriptive Bibliography (Click here for tips to help you fill out this worksheet.)
Description of Content (Author / Text / Relation to Other Versions in MS or Print):
Physical Description--Paper size (h/w in cm.); Text block size (h/w in cm); Paper composition (chainlines? watermarks?):
Number of leaves/folia/pages:
Imposition of text on leaves/folia/pages:
Further issues:
Lines per page (most/least, average):
Words per line (most/least, average):
Characteristics of the script (era, formality, abbreviations, distinctive letter forms):
Other document evidence not visible in digital surrogate