A book printed in 1569, with 2 flyleaves of polyphonic music at each end, discovered in 1954. Those at the front are upside down. The two sets of leaves are respectively from the three- and two-voice conductus fascicles of a larger manuscript, but at least the two front leaves and the two back leaves follow on consecutively, i.e. there is no gap between f. 1 and 2 or between f. 3 and 4. The two-part compositions are French Notre Dame pieces; the three-part ones appear to be English works. This is almost conclusively proved by the presence of 3 rondelli embedded in the three-part works. F. 1-2v is really f. 2v-1, since these pages are upside down in the source. Rectos are really versos and vice versa.

the top margins are cut away considerably

bound in parchment over compressed cardboard

Notre Dame notation

red five-line staves grouped, in continuous accolades of 10 or 15 lines

i-iv verso

initials in blue with red filigree, and alternate initials in gold with red-blue filigree.

parchment

images re-ordered per inventory sequence.

RISM B/IV 1: A printed book of 1569 bound in parchment over compressed cardboard. It contains at each end 2 flyleaves of 13th century polyphonic music, which were discovered in 1954. Those at the front are upside down. The flyleaves now meas. 197 x 145 mm., but the top margins are cut away considerably. The notation is of Notre Dame type and the staves are the normal red five-line ones grouped, however, in continuous accolades of 10 or 15 lines. The two sets of leaves are respectively from the three- and two-voice conductus fascicles of a larger manuscript, but at least the two front leaves and the two back leaves follow on consecutively, i.e. there is no gap between f. 1 and 2 or between f. 3 and 4. While the two-part compositions are French Notre Dame pieces, the three-part ones appear to be English works of the second half of the 13th century. This is almost conclusively proved by the presence of 3 rondelli embedded in the three-part works. My f. 1-2v is really f. 2v-1, since these pages are upside down in the source. Moreover, rectos are really versos and vice versa. The original manuscript was evidently an important one, for, apart from initials in blue with red filigree, there are alternate initials in gold with red-blue filigree.

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