single leaf, c.750x550mm, vellum, with a large historiated initial 'S', c.150x140mm, with a two-sided border including a fool attacking a fox, a bear and an owl, opening 'Suscepimus deus misericordiam tuam in medio templi tui ...', the introit to the Mass for the feast of the Purification, catchword 'cor' in lower margin, text and music on five-line brown staves, rastrum c.30mm, the recto with foliation in red ink in the upper margin 'CLXVIII' and a later foliation in the upper outer margin in red chalk '279', vellum with small imperfections in margins, the recto with traces of glue from previous mounting not affecting the text, small pigment losses and slight rubbing but generally in good condition
single leaf, c.750x550mm, vellum, with a large historiated initial 'S', c.150x140mm, with a two-sided border including a fool attacking a fox, a bear and an owl, opening 'Suscepimus deus misericordiam tuam in medio templi tui ...', the introit to the Mass for the feast of the Purification, catchword 'cor' in lower margin, text and music on five-line brown staves, rastrum c.30mm, the recto with foliation in red ink in the upper margin 'CLXVIII' and a later foliation in the upper outer margin in red chalk '279', vellum with small imperfections in margins, the recto with traces of glue from previous mounting not affecting the text, small pigment losses and slight rubbing but generally in good condition
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