Two polyphonic pieces (both for three voices) on f. 55', copied in quasi-score format. First piece, also in LonBL 17001 and OxfBLL b.5 with text 'Deo gratias'. Copied in England. Owned in late 16th or early 17th century by the antiquarian Sir Robert Cotton (1571-1631), whose library was inherited by his son Sir Thomas Cotton (d. 1662) and grandson Sir John Cotton (d. 1702). Many volumes of Cotton collection destroyed by fire shortly after 1730; surviving books became one of the foundation collections of British Museum in 1753.

Modern covers of tan leather and cloth on boards

first in black void stroke notation using black void breves and ligatures, second in black void mensural notation

15th century (Gradual); polyphony added in 16th century (HugheCM).

irregular 13.3-14.7

New pencil foliation, 1-83, cancels earlier modern ink pagination.

55v

Parchment

Sarum Gradual, with polyphony: 2 Amen settings

Anonymous

i paper + i parchment + 83 parchment + ii paper folios, 415 x ca. 325. New pencil foliation, 1-83, cancels earlier modern ink pagination. Modern covers of tan leather and cloth on boards. Two polyphonic pieces (both for three voices) on f. 55', copied in quasi-score format on unevenly drawn 5-line staves. First piece, also in LonBL 17001 and OxfBLL b.5 with text "Deo gratias," is in void stroke notation using void breves and ligatures (see BentN). Second piece, a rondellus, is in white mensural notation.

15th century (Gradual); polyphony added in 16th century (HugheCM). Copied in England. Owned in late 16th or early 17th century by the antiquarian Sir Robert Cotton (1571-1631), whose library was inherited by his son Sir Thomas Cotton (d. 1662) and grandson Sir John Cotton (d. 1702). Many volumes of Cotton collection destroyed by fire shortly after 1730; surviving books became one of the foundation collections of British Museum in 1753.