Music copied by one main scribe (ff. 8-77) and two additional scribes (ff. 6-7 and ff. 77'-79, respectively); five text hands. Liturgical music in Part I for Holy Week; follows Sarum rite. Six concordances with OxfBS 26 (carols). Perhaps copied at Meaux Cistercian Abbey, near Beverley, Yorkshire (BukMR, GreM); copied at St. George's Chapel, Windsor (SchofN, McpeB). History of ownership prior to 19th century not traced; may have belonged to French artist Jean Joseph Jacques Tissot (1836-1902), who lived in London for a decade, beginning in 1872. Later owned by Bernard Wilson, of London; purchased by British Museum in 1944.

Pieces on ff. 6-7 and ff. 72'-75 in choirbook layout; motet on ff. 75'-77 has voice parts on versos in score layout, voice parts on rectos in choirbook layout; all other music in score layout.

ff. 1-5, 52, 56, and 85 cut out, leaving stubs

Modern covers of maroon leather; earlier (19th-century) covers of green cardboard, decorated with grape cluster and monogram 'JTJ' [ = Jean Joseph Jacques Tissot?], bound in at beginning.

scrolls on f. 15 und f. 20 bear inscriptions "de cy en mieulx" (mostly erased) and "Mieulx en de cy"

Black full mensural with full red, red void, and black void colouration.

1430-44 (McpeB)

red staves

6-88v

Modern pencil foliation, 1-88

Most initials decorated in red, blue, salmon, and black ink; initials on ff. 37', 49, and 72'-73 illuminated in green, blue, red, brown, black, and gold. Miniatures depicting drinking scenes on ff. 72'-73. Scrolls on f. 15 and f. 20 bear inscriptions 'De cy en mieulx' (mostly erased) and 'Mieulx en de cy' (perhaps puns indicating ownership by Meaux Abbey-BukMR, GreM). Red cross patonce at bottom of f. 15; similar but smaller cross at top of f. 20.

88 parchment + iii paper

Part I: 1 K-S-A Mass, 3 Mass Proper sections, 7 processional hymns, 2 Passions, 5 motets = 18. Part II: 1 motet, 19 Latin carols, 5 English carols, 6 Latin/English carols, 2 Latin/English/ French carols, 1 textless piece in carol form, 1 Latin drinking song = 35. Total for manuscript = 53

(Dunstable?)-1, anon-52

88 parchment + iii paper folios, 292 x 213. Modern pencil foliation, 1-88 (ff. 1-5, 52, 56, and 85 cut out, leaving stubs). Blank staves on ff. 7', 19', 78', and 79'-88'. Modern covers of maroon leather; earlier (19th-century) covers of green cardboard, decorated with grape cluster and monogram "JTJ" [ = Jean Joseph Jacques Tissot?], bound in at beginning. No index. Black mensural notation on red staves, with full red, red void, and black void coloration. Pieces on ff. 6-7 and ff. 72'-75 in choirbook format; motet on ff. 75'-77 has voice parts on versos in score format, voice parts on rectos in choirbook format; all other music in score format.

Music copied by one main scribe (ff. 8-77) and two additional scribes (ff. 6-7 and ff. 77'-79, respectively); five text hands. Most initials decorated in red, blue, salmon, and black ink; initials on ff. 37', 49, and 72'-73 illuminated in green, blue, red, brown, black, and gold. Miniatures depicting drinking scenes on ff. 72'-73. Scrolls on f. 15 and f. 20 bear inscriptions "De cy en mieulx" (mostly erased) and "Mieulx en de cy" (perhaps puns indicating ownership by Meaux Abbey-BukMR, GreM). Red cross patonce at bottom of f. 15; similar but smaller cross at top of f. 20. Liturgical music in Part I for Holy Week; follows Sarum rite. Six concordances with OxfBS 26 (carols).

1430-44 (McpeB). Perhaps copied at Meaux Cistercian Abbey, near Beverley, Yorkshire (BukMR, GreM); copied at St. George's Chapel, Windsor (SchofN, McpeB). History of ownership prior to 19th century not traced; may have belonged to French artist Jean Joseph Jacques Tissot (1836-1902), who lived in London for a decade, beginning in 1872. Later owned by Bernard Wilson, of London; purchased by British Museum in 1944.