Ms. leaves. Layout: Written in 5 long lines, with five 4-line red staves with square notation and C and F clefs (on fol. a, clefs changed from F to C and notation erased and rewritten); ruled in ink with double inner and outer vertical bounding lines top to bottom; pricking in outer margin. Script: Gothic textualis. Decoration: Illuminated initials in red and blue, infilled with vegetal motifs and embellished with brushed gold and delicate penwork in the opposite color; 1-line capitals touched in yellow wash. Origin: Written and decorated in northern Italy ca. 1460. Gift of Milton and Gail Fischmann, 1962. Shelfmark: St. Louis, Saint Louis University, Pius XII Memorial Library, Special Collections, VFL MS 015.
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