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Ms. codex.
Title for manuscript from caption title for predominant work (f. 1r).
Collation: Parchment, ii (modern parchment) + 8 + ii (modern parchment); 1⁸.
Layout: Written in 2 columns (f. 1-7) of 32 lines (f. 1-5); frame-ruled in lead (f. 1-5), faint ink (f. 6), and drypoint
(f. 7); prickings visible.
Script: Written in rounded Gothic script, largely by one hand (f. 1-5), with additions at the end possibly by other hands.
Decoration: Drawing in brown and red ink of Blaise as a bishop (f. 1r); 2 Guidonian hand diagrams sketched in ink (f. 8v);
4-line zoomorphic initial on a red ground (f. 1r); ornamental initials, 2 to 4 lines in height, in green-brown ink (f. 6v-7v);
2-line initials and single lines in chant in red (f. 4v-6r); rubrics in red and capitals touched in red (f. 1r-6r).
Music: Contains chants notated with neumes in brown ink positioned relative to a single red line (f. 4v-6r) and neumes without
lines (f. 7v-8r).
Binding: Late 19th- or early 20th-century morocco by Riviere & Son (London).
Origin: Written in Italy in the 13th century.
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