Completed by Sister Gertrude Brickwege in the Benedictine monastery of Gertrudenberg in Osnabrück in 1505. In the 19th Century the codex was in the private library of the suffragan bishop Lüpke († 1855), and later in the possession of the dean Schoo († 1907), who worked in the Archives of Bischöfl and from there was in the possession of the Vicar General of Osnabrück. The manuscript contains various Ordines and rubrics, prayers, antiphons, offices of the dead, litanies, and finally, a Latin and Low German Easter Play (f. 130ff.). The latin texts are consistently notated scores (usually monophonic); individual voice parts are distributed in parts. Nos. 1-3 may substitute voices.

.Several original leaves of the manuscript are cut out

leather-covered wooden boards; brass clasps, of which one is missing. Around 1500

gothic chant notation with isolated mensural elements

each page has up to 7 five-line systems

Modern foliation of f. 1-156, f. 43 begins with an old foliation, which goes to f. 60.

156 parchment leaves + 6 leaves of parchment scraps + 2 parchment endpapers

RISM B IV/3: 15./16. Jh.; 156 Blätter Pergament + Reste von 6 Blätter Pergament + 2 Vorsatzblätter, 172 x 122 mm. Moderne Foliierung von f. 1-156; mit f. 43 beginnt eine alte Foliierung, die bis f. 60 geht. Mehrere Blätter der ursprünglichen Handschrift sind herausgeschnitten. - Einband: um 1500; mit Leder überzogene Holzdeckel; Messingschließen, von denen die eine fehlt.

Die Handschrift wurde von der Ordensschwester Gertrud Brickwege im Benediktinerinnenkloster Gertrudenberg bei Osnabrück im Jahre 1505 vollendet. Im 19. Jh. befand sich der Kodex in der Privatbibliothek des Weihbischofs Lüpke († 1855), später im Besitze des Domdechanten Schoo († 1907), von wo er in das Archiv des Bischöfl. Generalvikars von Osnabrück gelangte. Die Handschrift enthält neben verschiedenen Ordines und Rubriken, Gebete, Antiphonen, Totenoffizium, Litaneien und schließlich ein lateinisch-niederdeutsches Osterspiel (f. 130ff.). Dieses zeigt zu den lateinischen Texten durchwegs Noten (meist einstimmig): je Seite bis zu 7 Fünfliniensystemen mit gotischer Choralnotation mit vereinzelten mensuralen Elementen; Einzelstimmennotation auf verschiedene Seiten verteilt. Die im Incipitverzeichnis genannten Nrn. 1 und 2 sind bisher von der Musikforschung unbeachtet geblieben. Bei Nr. 1 und 3 handelt es sich möglicherweise zum Teil um Ersatzstimmen.

[Translation] 15th-16th century, with 156 parchment leaves + 6 leaves of parchment scraps + 2 parchment endpapers, 172 x 122 mm. Modern foliation of f. 1-156, f. 43 begins with an old foliation, which goes to f. 60. Several original leaves of the manuscript are cut out. Binding: around 1500, with leather-covered wooden boards; brass clasps, of which one is missing.

The manuscript was completed by Sister Gertrude Brickwege in the Benedictine monastery of Gertrudenberg in Osnabrück in 1505. In the 19th Century the codex was in the private library of the suffragan bishop Lüpke († 1855), and later in the possession of the dean Schoo († 1907), who worked in the Archives of Bischöfl and from there was in the possession of the Vicar General of Osnabrück. The manuscript contains various Ordines and rubrics, prayers, antiphons, offices of the dead, litanies, and finally, a Latin and Low German Easter Play (f. 130ff.). The latin texts are consistently notated scores (usually monophonic): each page has up to 7 five-line systems, with gothic chant notation with isolated mensural elements, individual voice parts are distributed in parts. The works listed in the inventory as Nos. 1 and 2 have so far gone unnoticed by music research. Nos. 1-3 may substitute voices.

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