Extent: 1 choir book (134 leaves) : parchment ; 771 x 546 (612 x 353) mm, in binding 843 x 629 mm
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Manuscript music. Title supplied by cataloger. Collation: Parchment, fol. 134 (foliated in black ink i-cxv); 110(+1, +2) 28 310(-2) 4-88 96 10-148 154 166(+5, +6) 176 186(-6); leaves mended by sewing and pasted on parchment. Layout: Written in 4 long lines, ruled in lead point; fol. 5v-5v, 7v-15v, 21r-22v, 25v-26v, 28v-36v, 47v-54r, 62r-69v, 78r-79r, 81r-88r, 93v-94v, 99v-107v written in 12 long lines, frame ruled in black ink; fol. 115r written in 20 long lines, fol. 117v, 119v-121v written in 17 long lines, frame ruled in black ink; fol. 1v and 2v frame ruled in red; parchment tabs; directions to rubricator... Script: Written in southern textura. Decoration: 7 large decorated initials, fol. 124v foliate "E" in green, yellow and red with a cherub and lion wearing a red cardinal's hat on a blue and red background of skulls, in an ornamental yellow and orange border; fol. 126v foliate "M" in blue, red, yellow and orange with a column with a dolphin at its base, within a red border; fol. 127v blue "A", left leg includes a papal tiara... Music: Red 5-line staves with black square and measured notation; four staves per page; fol. 116r-117r seven staves per page; fol. 118r-118v, 123r-123v five staves per page. B-flats added throughout in a later hand(?). Hymns "Tibi Christe," "Christe sanctorum," "Urbs Jerusalem," and "Angelaris funda" and two settings of the antiphon "Stetit angleus" in measured notation. Fol. 43v text specific... Origin: Written in Spain 17th century; leaves 122-123 from 15th century.
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