Layout: 1 column, 7 lines of text with 7 4-line musical staves Decoration: Single horizontal bar line filler in red and blue with fine white penwork highlights outlined in black with a burnished gold bezant at its center 1 1-line and 1-staff high initial “G” in blue highlighted with white penwork and infilled with a red vine terminating in green leaves, all on burnished gold grounds outlined in black Decoration: Red and blue bar with white highlights extending the length of the page on the verso in the left margin and terminating in single ivy leaves and spear tips in burnished gold Ruled in faint brown ink 4-line musical staves in red with square notation Provenance: Formerly the property of Otto Ege, Cleveland, OH. Ege broke this manuscript and distributed 40 of its folios as part of his portfolio set, Fifty Original Leaves. See Scott Gwara, Otto Ege’s Manuscripts, HL 21 Original manuscript created for use by the nuns of the royal abbey at Poissy Incipit: Ambrosius sepulture nil sibi conscius intrat celos Explicit: Rediviva luce reddit (oo) et alpha quod Sequences of the feasts of St. Martin and St. Elizabeth of Hungary
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