The two folios were used as flyleaves at the end of the Coventry Leet Book (a collection of legal records written in Coventry from 25 Jan 1421 to 14 May 1555). These folios are the remnants of a collection of cyclic Masses; the Gloria and Credo are from the same Mass, although the two folios are not consecutive, and the Agnus is from the Missa Caput that was previously ascribed to Du Fay.

Leaves trimmed for use as flyleaves, with loss of some music and possibly foliation and composer attributions.

Now kept separately and loose in an envelope

Full black mensural notation with red coloration. Written by a single scribe, using unusually widely and evenly spaced notation. The text is also in a single hand, employing a textura semi-quadrata script.

Twelve black ruled staves (of 14-18 mm)

No original foliation or pagination: [i]-[ii verso]

Red ink has been used for large initials and elaborated finals.

Parchment

1 Gloria, 1 Credo, 1 Agnus = 3 (all incomplete)

(Dufay)-1, anon-2

2 parchment folios, 387 x 267, serving as flyleaves at the end of the Coventry Leet Book, a collection of legal records written in Coventry in the 15th and 16th centuries. No foliation or pagination remaining; the folios were originally larger but were trimmed for use as flyleaves, with loss of some music and possibly foliation and composer attributions. These folios are the remnants of a collection of cyclic Masses; the Gloria and Credo are from the same Mass, although the two folios are not consecutive, and the Agnus is from Dufay's Missa Caput. Black/red mensural notation.

Probably ca. 1450-60 (PlanFC); 1460-70 (BukCR). Copied in England

Vol 4

Date: Probably ca. 1450-60 (PlanFC).