Manuscript music. Title devised by cataloger. Collation: Parchment, fol. 123; 1-68 74 88(-6) 98(-2) 10-148 156 +1 1610(+1). Layout: Written in five or more long lines. Script: Written in southern textura rotunda in at lest three hands; later additions thoughout. Decoration: fol. 1r: illustrated initial of Madonna with Child and boarder in gold with 12 medallions; fol. 54r: illustrated initial of Saint Francis receiving the Stigmata; fol. 62r illustrated initial, God the Father on a throne with heavenly host; floriated initials in gold and pen flourished initials throughout. Music: Red 4-line staves with black square notation; 5 staves per page with some having 7 staves at end. Occasional revisions to music and text included scraping and re-notating, whiting out of notes, pasted on paper and parchment. Origin: Written in northern Italy in approximately 1450. Former owner: Henry Probasco. Forms part of the Henry Probasco Collection at the Newberry Library.
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