Flyleaves with polyphonic songs of the mid-14th century (ff. 1-2v, 79-80v), in a 13th century missal of 80 folios. There are also a few pages of a 14th century missal (ff. 6-9), a calendar (ff. 3-5 v) and a sequentiary (ff. 71-78v).

The 4 folia (all single leaves) are now bound as fly leaves at the beginning and the end of the ms. as follows: new fol. 1 = old (ca. 15th cent) 18 [xviii]; new fol. 2 = old 23 [xxiii] // new fol. 79 = old 19 [xix]; new fol. 80 = old 22 [xxii]. As the pages have been re-bound not in their original sequence, the musical text is not continous. (communication from Dr. Florian Mittenhuber.)

many wormholes in the front and back cover; the wood is half eaten away at the back, but the two front clasps are intact

original wooden boards covered by white leather

Flyleaves: Ars Nova; main missal: plainsong in small square notes

red four-line staves and red five-line staves

original folio numbers appear at the top middle on 14th century pages, while the modern foliation is in pencil at t.r.r. throughout. The numbers given in the inventory are the original folio numbers

1-2v, 79-80v

The script is of the usual chansonnier minuscule type.

parchment

While the host MS is A 421, the fragments have been - and are - commonly referred to as A 471 (see the suggestion in Steiger's 1991 article).

RISM B/IV 2: A parchment missal of the 13th century meas. 242 x 182 mm. and consisting of 80 folios. The binding of wooden boards covered by white leather is original. There are many wormholes in the front and back cover and the wood is half eaten away at the back, but the two front clasps are intact. The main missal has the plainsong in small square notes on red four-line staves (ff. 10-70v). In addition, the ms contains a few pages of a 14th century missal (ff. 6-9), a calendar (ff. 3-5 v), a sequentiary (ff. 71-78 v) and the flyleaves with polyphonic songs of the mid-14th century (ff. 1-2v, 79-80v). These are in Ars Nova notation on 7 red five-line staves per page. The script is of the usual chansonnier minuscule type. Original folio numbers appear at the top middle on these pages, while the modern foliation is in pencil at t.r.r. throughout. The numbers given in the inventory are the original folio numbers.

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