Title devised by cataloger. Decoration part 1: Red initials flourished with penwork; rubricated section headings; sentence initials touched with red; Ink drawing of 3 saints; drawing of St. George and the dragon in the form of the initials 'S'; penwork caricatures. Decoration part 2: Plain red initials; red underline rubrication; sentence initials touched in red. Decoration part 3: Red initials flourished in ink; initials touched in red; red line-enders; red underline rubrication. Decoration part 4: Red initials; sentence initials touched in red. Decoration part 5: 1 4-line red initial; title in red; sentence initials touched with red; Sketch of Cupid/Christ. Decoration part 6: Penwork initials; sentence initials touched with red; title underlined in red; Sketch of Madonna and Child; sketch of traveler (Joseph ?); penwork initial with caricature. Decoration part 7-8: Red initials; initials touched with red. Decoration part 9: Penwork initials, some touched with red. Decoration part 10: Large red initial flourished with penwork; bracketing of diagrams in red. Decoration part 11: 1 penwork initial (unfinished); Drawing of Madonna and Child; caricature of a man's face; Heavily glossed in several hands; many pen trials on recto. Decoration part 12: Red initials; initials touched with red; section headings in red; Later sketches of Madonna and Child and two crowns, probably by the same artist responsible for several of the sketches throughout. Layout part 1: 32-42 long lines; vertical rulings only, in ink and lead; catchwords in bottom inner margin. Layout part 2: 34-43 long lines; single line frame ruling in ink. Layout part 3: 28-31 long lines; vertical rulings only, in ink and lead. Layout part 4: 34-36 long lines ruled in lead; prickings visible in outer margin. Layout part 5: 33 long lines ruled in lead; prickings visible in outer margins. Layout part 6: 34-36 long lines; vertical rulings only, in ink; ff. 178-188: 27-32 longlines. Layout part 7-8: 32-33, 37 long lines; unruled. Layout part 9: 46-50 long lines; vertical rulings only, in ink. Layout part 10: 34 long lines ruled in lead. Layout part 11: 8-9 long lines; frame ruled in ink; double vertical ruling in outer margin. Layout part 12: 1 line of music for each line of text; parchmant. Dates: 1450-1475 (ff. 1-70); 1440-1460 (ff. 74-101v); 1450-1475 (ff. 102-125v); 1425-1450 (ff. 134-165v); 1450-1499 (ff. 166-188v); 1475-1499 (ff. 189-199v); 1400-1499 (ff. 200-223v); 1100-1150 (Front pastedown-flyleaf). Inscribed date: 1446 on part 5. s. XV(3/4). Script: Gothic cursive; part 12, Late Caroline minuscule. Music part 12: Caroline neumes on a 4-line staff. Inscribed, 15th century: "Mauritio Ac Symeoni Montis Mynden ciuitatis sanctorum Codex qui prefatorum compatronorum Monasterii ordinis diui benedicti persens attinet." (front pastedown).
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