Folio Measurements

Medieval manuscript layout followed a regular format, based on an ideal of proportion.

Your goal to prepare for your reconstruction of a folio facsimile is by taking measurements of the writing space, compared to the size of the folio, and all the lines within and without, according to the following templates:

You should try to record, in millimetres, measurements of all of the following (in reference to the above diagrams):

• writing frame (STUV)

• frame lines (ST, UV, SU, TV)

• top line (ST)

• bottom line (UV)

• bounding lines (SU, TV)

• intercolumnar lines (C, D, E)

• occasional intercolumnar (P, Q)

• marginal lines (KL + H + MN)

• pricking (x, y)

Not pictured but necessary to measure (if relevant)

• space allotted for initials, decorative space,

• musical lines (length, number, interlinear spacing, distance from text