Extent: 1 leaf : parchment, music ; 328 x 245 (252 x 160) mm
Note:
Ms. leaf. Title from Kidd. Layout: Written in 6 lines of of text and music; ruled in plummet, with prickings at fore-edge. Script: Written in gothic script. Decoration: Initials alternating in red and purple. Origin: Written perhaps in Bohemia during the 15th century. Foliated '108' in 20th-century pencil. Use of purple for initials suggests possible origin in Bohemia; acquired by Dawson's Bookshop, Los Angeles, and described by them in their Catalogue 245 (Fall 1950) as Carthusian, though evidence for this attribution is unclear; Vassar College: 'Carthusian Hymnal, 15th century' (recto) and 'Dawson Jan. '50 [$]2.--' and '642' (verso) in pencil on lower margins.
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