Layout: 1 column, 9 lines of text with 9 5-line staves Decoration: Numerous large initials ranging from 20-30 mm in height in either red or blue with contrasting penwork, at times quite ambitious; prompts and rubrics in red 5-line musical staves in red with square notation Penwork decoration in southern Frnech style, though script shows Spanish hallmarks Liturgical cues and instructions enclosed in red-framed boxes The feast of the Crown of Thorns was instituted in the first half of the 13th century, becoming more widespread by 1239 Incipit: Fol. 175.1: Si ambulem in medio umbre Fol. 175.2: Exaltabo te domine quoniam suscepisti Fol. 175.3: …tor meus deus meus adiutor meus Fol. 175.4: Surrexit dominus de sepulcro Explicit: Fol. 175.1: dicta sunt michi in domum domini Fol. 175.2: et mandatis tuis non obedivimus set da glo… Fol. 175.3: Ad te domine clamabo deus meus ne sileas Fol. 175.4: Iustorum anime Fol. 175.1: Chants and music for the third Saturday and fourth Sunday of Lent Fol. 175.2: Chants and music for Wednesday and Thursday in Holy Week Fol. 175.3: Chants and music for the fifth and sixth Sundays after Pentecost fol. 175.4: Chants and music for the Exaltation of the Cross, and the feasts of St. John before the Latin Gate (6 May) and Sts. Gordianus and Epimachus (10 May), and with an added observance in the lower margin of the recto for the feast of the Crown of Thorns (4 May)
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