Extent: 65 leaves : parchment ; 202 x 145 (130-132 x 95-98) mm bound to 205 x 155 mm
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Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger (Les Enluminures). Collation: Parchment, 65; 18(-1) 2-78 86 92(-1) 104(-1); [1-65]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Link to collation model at end of record. Layout: Written in 20 long lines; frame-ruled in lead, sometimes with additional full horizontal lines below the second line or above the second line from the bottom. Prickings visible on many leaves. Script: Written in a Gothic book script, except for a later addition in a Gothic cursive script (f. 65v). Decoration: Cadel (strapwork or knotwork) initials in black with black flourishing, often including faces in profile, and red highlights in musical text; rubrics and 1- to 3-line initials in text; initials within text stroked with red. Music: Contains Hufnagelschrift notation on 5-line staves with a red F-line. Binding: 18th- or early 19th-century vellum over pasteboard (Les Enluminures). Origin: Written in Germany, possibly in the diocese of Cologne, between 1425 and 1450 (Les Enluminures). Sold by Les Enluminures (Paris and Chicago), 2011.
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