Layout: 1 column, Irregular number of lines lines Decoration: 1 2-line 3-staff, 1 1-line 2-staff, 2 2-staff high, and numerous 1-line initials in alternating red and blue Ruled in brown ink 5-line staves in brown ink with the top and center lines overwritten in yellow and red ink, respctively Hufnagelschrift musical notation Hole in vellum surrounded by sewing holes Foliated "123" in early pen in top margin of recto 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 42 Provenance: Benedictine monastery of St. Stephan in Würzburg Hymns attributed to St. Ambrose, including "Aeterne rerum conditor" and "Splendor paternae gloriae", and the 6th-century hymn "Iam lucis orto sidere" Incipit: mucro latronis conditur lapsis fides revertitur Explicit: potus ci / bique parcitas . Ut cum dies abscesserit noctemque sors
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