Layout: 1 column, 41 lines Decoration: 23 1-line initials alternating in black and red, with prompts and liturgical instructions in red Written above top-line Ruled in brown ink Liturgically useful for either Office or Mass, but the focus on Sundays and the marginal instructions on the Sacrament suggest that this folio likely was originally from a Missal Incipit: Feria secunda reincipitur gradus et omnis hore sancte marie ; et officium defunctorum et ceteris sanctorum / ordinibus Explicit: Facta el. Alt . V Deus iudex . Ev Erant appropinquantes of Sperent ca Ego clama Liturgical instructions for specific Sundays throughout the year, with an addition in the lower margin of the verso providing instruction on when the Sacrament was to be offered at the Mass. The section with te initials outlines the antiphon, Psalm, and collect sequence for one of the morning offices, and the antiphon and Psalm for Vespers on Sundays from the first to the 24th Sunday after Pentecost. Texts for other offices and for octaves for particular feasts such as Easter, All Saints, and for ferial days during Advent, as well as instructions related to singing the Office of the Dead and commemorating certain orders of saints
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