The main contents are f. 1-43: three dialogues of Rupert de Tuy (publ. by Migne, Paleografia Latina 170, col. 559); f. 43-43v: a letter from Abbot Fulgentius to Franco, a monk; f. 43v-44v: Franco's reply; f. 44v-117v: 12 books de gratia dei; f. 117v-122: two letters by Franco; f. 122v-129: a Latin poem on the schism in the Liège bishopric (publ. by Hauréau, Notices et extraits, vol.XXXI, 2, pp. 165 ff). These are written in a Gothic-looking 12th century minuscule. On f. 129-131v are 10 motets, 8 of which appear in Mo.

On the inner cover of the back binding are the words Iste liber est Jacobi de Vitriaco, curati de Wasiers.

Longs and breves differentiated in the square motet notation, and c.o.p. ligatures together with occasional conjuncturae of English type are to be found. Towards the end, the breves are replaced by pedes muscarum (i.e. in the last motet), while the T of this work is entirely in Gothic neumes.

mainly four-line brown staves, though some have 5 lines and some even 6. There are normally 9 or 10 staves per page; there are 13 on f. 129v

129-131v

A modern, probably 19th century ink foliation appears at t.r.r. (f. 1 is an 11th century flyleaf which is not included in the modern foliation iIt is upside down and contains a collection of mass texts)

red initials and some pen decoration (corpus) mainly brown initials, with some faint red ornament in a few places (music)

Parchment

RISM B/IV 1: A 12th century parchment manuscript meas. 223 x 157 mm. and containing 131 folios. A modern, probably 19th century ink foliation appears at t.r.r. Preceding, and slightly smaller than f. 1 is an 11th century flyleaf which is not included in the modern foliation. It is upside down and contains a collection of mass texts. On the inner cover of the back binding are the words Iste liber est Jacobi de Vitriaco, curati de Wasiers. The main contents of the ms are as follows : f. 1-43 : three dialogues of Rupert de Tuy (publ. by Migne, Paleografia Latina 170, col. 559); f. 43-43v: a letter from Abbot Fulgentius to Franco, a monk; f. 43v-44v: Franco's reply; f. 44v-117v: 12 books de gratia dei; f. 117v-122: two letters by Franco; f. 122v-129: a Latin poem on the schism in the Liège bishopric (publ. by Hauréau, Notices et extraits, vol.XXXI, 2, pp. 165 ff); f. 129-131v: 10 motets of the 13th century, 8 of them appearing in Mo. The staves for the notation are mainly four-line brown ones, but some have 5 lines and some even 6. There are normally 9 or 10 staves per page, but f. 129v has 13. Longs and breves are differentiated in the square motet notation, and c.o.p. ligatures together with occasional conjuncturae of English type are to be found. Towards the end, the breves are replaced by pedes muscarum (i.e. in the last motet), while the T of this work is entirely in Gothic neumes. The ms corpus is written in a Gothic-looking 12th century minuscule with red initials and some pen decoration. For the music the initials are mainly brown, except for some faint red ornament in a few places.

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