Layout: 1 column, 10 lines of text with 10 4-line musical staves Decoration: On recto, 1-line and 1-staff high "S" in red, infilled and surrounded by dark blue penwork; on verso, 1-line and 1-staff high "U" in brown ink and accented with a pair of faces in profile, each wearing a hat. Prompts in red throughout Ruled in brown ink 4-line musical staves in red with square notation Foliated "155" in early brown ink at top right of recto Recycled as a binding fragment, with an 18th-century French inscrption in ink in margins at bottom right of verso explaining the contents and context of the document the leaf was recycled to cover: A copy of a contract of sale, dated 4 May 1731 An 18th-century note on the verso metions the village of Firfol, east of Lisieux, suggesting an origin or use in Normandy for this manuscript Incipit: Salve crux preciosa suscipe discipulum Explicit: Gloria / patri et filio et spiritu sancto . Et Chants for Lauds and Matins on the feast of St. Andrew
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