Extent: 1 leaf : parchment, illustrations, music ; 447 x (360 x 240) mm
Note:
Ms. leaf. Title from Kidd. Layout: Written in 16 lines of text and music; ruled. Script: Written informal gothic script. Decoration: One 5-line puzzle initial with designs of hybrid creatures, the interior with a checkered pattern of penwork rectangles in red and pale brown, and a cascading J-ornament; one 2-line puzzle initial in blue and red with red penwork; 1-line responsory initials alternating in blue with red penwork and red with pale-brown(?) penwork; 1-line versicle initials in black with red ornament. Music: Contains 3-line staves with Hufnagel notation. Paginated '19' and '20' in 19th(?)-century ink and '14' in 20th(?)-century in pencil on fore-edge tab. Origin: Written in the Upper Rhine region of Germany or Switzerland during the first half of the 14th century. Note in pencil at lower corners of recto: 'Antiphoner' (left) and (price?) '16--' (right)
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