A bifolio serving as a flyleaf to an Epistolae, Carmina, interspersed with non-liturgical texts, of 153 leaves.. Folios 1r and 2v are stuck down to the binding. There must originally have been at least one additional sheet between the surviving two folios.

wooden boards covered with white leather; 15th-16th century

Bohemian chorale notation (f. 1v); black mensural (f. 2r)

F. 1v contains 4 four-line staves

RISM BIV/3: 15. Jh.; 153 Blätter Papier (einzelne Blätter Pergament), 215 x 147 mm. -Einband: 15./16. Jh.; mit weißem Leder überzogene Holzdeckel.

Die früher im Metropolitanarchiv Prag aufbewahrte Handschrift aus der 1. Hälfte des 15. Jh. enthält Epistolae, Carmina unter anderem nicht liturgische Texte. Musik findet sich nur auf dem in den vorderen Deckel geklebten Vorsatzblatt, ein Doppelblatt, das aus einem liturgischen Gesangbuch (Antiphonar-Kantional) des 15. Jh. stammt. Heutiges Format des einfachen Blatt: 140 x 107 mm (ursprünglich ca. 150 x 110 mm). Zwischen beiden Blätter muß ursprünglich mindestens ein weiteres Blatt gelegen haben. Auf f. 1v (f. 1r verklebt) stehen 4 Fünfliniensysteme mit böhmischer Choralnotation des frühen 15. Jh.; f. 2r enthält lat. (einstimmig?) Kantionen in schwarzer Mensuralnotation.

[Translation] 15th century, 153 paper leaves (single parchment leaves), 215 x 147 mm. Binding: 15th-16th century, wooden boards covered with white leather.

This was previously in the Metropolitan Archive, Prague. The MS dates from the first half of the 15th century, and contains Epistolae, Carmina, interspersed with non-liturgical texts. Music is found only on the flyleaf, a bifolio glued to the front cover, consisting of a 15th-century liturgical hymn (antiphonary-manuscripts could). The modern single-sheet format is 140 x 107 mm (originally 150 x 110 mm). There must originally have been at least one additional sheet between the surviving two folios. Folios 1r and 2v are stuck down. F. 1v contains 4 four-line staves with Bohemian chorale notation of the early 15th Century, f. 2r contains a monophonic (?) latin song in black mensural notation.

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