Ms. leaf. Rubric: On fol. a, recto, "R[esponsorium]: Angelus domini descendit de celo et accendens revolvit lapidem et super eum sedit..." (third responsory for Matins, first nocturne, Easter Sunday). Layout: Written in 8 long lines, alternating with eight 4-line red staves, with square notation and F and C Clefs in black ink; ruled in lead with single inner and outer vertical bounding lines. Script: Gothic textualis. Decoration: One illuminated initial A in powder blue on a darker squared blue ground, infilled with acanthus in light green, pink, blue, and orange; alternating red and blue penwork initials, flourished in the opposite color. Origin: Written and illuminated in Italy in the 14th century. Gift of Milton and Gail Fischmann, 1962. Shelfmark: St. Louis, Saint Louis University, Pius XII Memorial Library, Special Collections, VFL MS 014.
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