A breviary consisting of 390 folios and three unnumbered paper flyleaves (one at the front, two at the back). The script is semi-Gothic and the music in small square notation of unmeasured type; the exclusive use of the long for single notes is noteworthy. The upper voice of the polyphony on f. 22-22v has been crossed out with diagonal strokes by a later hand, but there are no such marks on f. 129v. In both cases the notation is identical with that of the plainsong.

17th century brown leather binding with gold tooling and the words Breviarium Lausanensis on the spine.

small, square, unmeasured

A more recent 14th century hand wrote ff. 384v-393, but the older part appears to be 13th century.

17 red four-line staves per page

22rv, 129v

Relatively modern ink foliation in the middle of the left margin of each verso page till f. 390, after which the last three folios are numbered in pencil. A calendar on the first six folios also lacks a foliation. The remains of a former foliation in red can be seen where the pages have been cut at the margin. The new foliation was also partly cut off in binding, but is generally visible just above the old red foliation. Of the new foliation, nos. 137, 272, 306, 358-363, 374, 376 are missing, and 147 appears twice.

Initials are alternately blue and red, but at the beginning and elsewhere there are some in blue, red and gold.

i paper + 390 parchment + i paper

RISM B/IV 1: A 13th-14th century parchment breviary meas. 165 x 122 mm. and consisting of 390 folios. In addition, there are three unnumbered paper flyleaves (one at the front, two at the back). The ms has a relatively modern ink foliation in the middle of the left margin of each verso page till f. 390, after which the last three folios are numbered in pencil. A calendar on the first six folios also lacks a foliation. The remains of a former foliation in red can be seen where the pages have been cut at the margin. The new foliation was also partly cut off in binding, but is generally visible just above the old red foliation. Of the new foliation, nos. 137, 272, 306, 358-363, 374, 376 are missing, and 147 appears twice. The script is semi-Gothic and the music in small square notation of unmeasured type. Red four-line staves are used throughout (17 per page), and the exclusive use of the long for single notes is noteworthy. A more recent 14th century hand wrote ff. 384v-393, but the older part appears to be 13th century. Initials are alternately blue and red, but at the beginning and elsewhere there are some in blue, red and gold. The upper voice of the polyphony on f. 22-22v has been crossed out with diagonal strokes by a later hand, but there are no such marks on f. 129v. In both cases the notation is identical with that of the plainsong. The doubtless 17th century brown leather binding has gold tooling and the words Breviarium Lausanensis on the spine.

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