Ms. leaf. Rubric: On folio a, recto, "P[er] [h]ebdomada[m] ad m[agnificat] a[ntiphona]: Tristitia vestra alleluya vertetur in gaudium..." (antiphon for Vespers, third week after the octave of Easter). 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 double inner and outer vertical bounding lines; prickings visible in the inner margin. Script: Gothic textualis. Decoration: On folio a, recto: illuminated initial T in pink, blue, orange, lavender, and white, on squared blue ground, decorated with white tracery. Alternating red and blue penwork initials, flourished in the opposite color. Origin: Written and illuminated in Italy, probably Bologna, ca. 1300. Gift of Milton and Gail Fischmann, 1962. Shelfmark: St. Louis, Saint Louis University, Pius XII Memorial Library, Special Collections, VFL MS 017.
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