Contains 76 anonymous sermons for various occasions (see list on on f. ii for 14th century list), but fol. i and 165-167 are flyleaves from the original binding and contain music. F. i recto contains the latter part of a three-part sequence; the verso has two 13th century Sanctus without notation, though a later hand has jotted down some white notes in the empty staves of the second piece. Fol. 165 is part of a Compotus Henrici Byschop ballivi dated Michaelmas 1394-Michaelmas 1395, accounts relating to Salford Abbot [now Abbot's Salford] in Warwickshire. On f. 166 is a worn late 14th century note about the old nunnery in Coventry [which became St Mary's Priory in 1043].

bound in Oxford in 1602 in plain brown leather over the old wooden boards.

12th century (corpus); 14th century (notation); 15th century (additions to f. i')

2 accolades of three staves: the top two staves of each accolade consist of five lines, the bottom stave of four (f. i); empty red four-line staves ( f. 1')

foliated by G. Langbaine at t.r.r. in 17th century ink, except for the flyleaves f. i-iii and f. 165 to 167, which are numbered in modern pencil at t.r.r.

front board offset, i r+v

parchment

RISM B/IV 1: A 12th century parchment manuscript meas. 233 x 143 mm. and containing iii + 167 folios. This codex was presented to the Bodleian in 1602 by Sir Walter Cope, and was bound in Oxford in the same year in plain brown leather over the old wooden boards. The principal contents are 76 anonymous sermons for various occasions ; on f. ii is a 14th century list of them in detail. Fol. i and 165-167 are parchment flyleaves from the original binding; f. i recto contains the latter part of a three-part sequence in 14th century notation on 2 accolades of three staves. The top two staves of each accolade consist of five lines, the bottom stave of four. On the verso are two 13th century Sanctus without notation, though a 15th century hand has jotted down some white notes in the empty red four-line staves of the second piece. Fol. 165 is part of a Compotus Henrici Byschop ballivi dated Michaelmas 1394-Michaelmas 1395, accounts relating to Salford Abbot in Warwickshire. On f. 166 is a worn late 14th century note about the old nunnery in Coventry. The manuscript is foliated by G. Langbaine at t.r.r. in 17th century ink, except for the flyleaves f. i-iii and f. 165 to 167, which are numbered in modern pencil at t.r.r.

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