On f. 188' (originally left blank), a later hand added a 4-voice 'Nunc dimittis'. Copied in England. Owned by Joseph Mayer (1803-86) of Liverpool, whose collection was placed in city's public museum in 1867; this manuscript transferred to University Library after World War II.

Original covers of wooden boards; right half of front cover now missing. Original spine also lost, exposing vellum cords used to bind gatherings.

square chant notation

red 4-line staves (bassus staff has five lines).

New (18th-century?) ink foliation, 1-188; ff. 1-10 also have modern pencil foliation

188v

inked calligraphic initials and painted initials in gold, blue, and red-brown

Parchment

Sarum Gradual, with polyphony: 1 canticle

Anonymous

iv + 188 + i parchment folios, 128 x 94. (Flyleaf at end is stub only). New (18th-century?) ink foliation, 1-188; ff. 1-10 also have modern pencil foliation. Original covers of wooden boards; right half of front cover now missing. Original spine also lost, exposing vellum cords used to bind gatherings. No index. Square chant notation, with inked calligraphic initials and painted initials in gold, blue, and red-brown. On f. 188' (originally left blank), a later hand added a 4-voice "Nunc dimittis," in square chant notation on red 4-line staves (bassus staff has five lines).

15th century (Gradual); polyphony is later addition, perhaps from early 16th century. Copied in England. Owned by Joseph Mayer (1803-86) of Liverpool, whose collection was placed in city's public museum in 1867; this manuscript transferred to University Library after World War II.