Ms. leaf. Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis. Script: Written in a gothic rotunda in black ink with red rubrics. Layout: 1 column, 5 staves. No visible ruling. Square Gregorian notation on a four-line red staff. Decoration: On the recto, an historiated floriated initial [A] in gold and colors with full border of scrolling acanthus and a jester; in the initial, the Adoration of the Magi: the Virgin and Child sit at the right, a king kneeling before them who has removed his crown; the other two kings wait in the margin at left. Binding: Housed in an oversize manila folder. Origin: Written in Italy, possibly Siena, in the late 14th century. Immediate source of acquisition: Acquired in 1957 from Hoepli, Milan. Call number: MS pb Med.184. Former call number: MS 1609.
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