Formerly two strips, now joined. Copied by two hands, both writing an informal gothica textualis rotunda, responsible for recto and verso respectively. Written in England, possibly at Canterbury. Used to form guards for the first and last quires of C 3. 8, a heavily annotated copy of Epistole et varii tractatus Pii secundi ... (Jean de Vingle; Lyons, 1497) [Hain *158; BMC, VIII, pp. 312-313]. The book was owned by William Gyllyngham, who was a monk of Canterbury by 1495 and still at the Dissolution: 'In custodia Willelmi Gyllyngham monachi ecclesie Christi Cant', preciuni xx d.', fol. 206v. The book appears as 'Pii pontificis Tractatus Y. 5' in a catalogue of the library, made c. 1660 (WHwfm, MS Town Library Early Catalogue, p. 31); the shelfmark 'E 3.5' (s. xvii) is on the fore-edge of the book. Given to Wisbech Town Library by c. 1660.

Rebound in the 20th century, when the two strips were joined. Traces of an earlier calf binding, probably similar to others in the library, uniformly rebound in the 18th century, appear on both strips.

Unstemmed semibreves, with dot of division, used syllabically; downward stems added later to some semibreves

12 freely-ruled red five-line staves (11.5-13 mm); frame rules on recto.

foliated v

v r+v

Parchment

RISM Supplement: 1 fol. (fragmentary; formerly two strips, now joined and foliated v). Parchment. Now 240 x 100 mm. Written space originally 215 mm high. Ruling: twelve freely-ruled red five-line staves (11.5-13 mm); frame rules on recto. Script: two hands, both writing an informal gothica textualis rotunda, responsible for recto and verso respectively. Notation: unstemmed semibreves, with dot of division, used syllabically in 1-3; downward stems added later to semibreves in 1; unstemmed semibreves without dot of division in 4.

Written in England, possibly at Canterbury. Used to form guards for the first and last quires of C 3. 8, a heavily annotated copy of Epistole et varii tractatus Pii secundi ... (Jean de Vingle; Lyons, 1497) [Hain *158; BMC, VIII, pp. 312-313]. The book was owned by William Gyllyngham, who was a monk of Canterbury by 1495 and still at the Dissolution: 'In custodia Willelmi Gyllyngham monachi ecclesie Christi Cant', preciuni xx d.', fol. 206v. Rebound s. xx, when the two strips were joined. Traces of an earlier calf binding, probably similar to others in the library, uniformly rebound s. xviii, appear on both strips. The book appears as 'Pii pontificis Tractatus Y. 5' in a catalogue of the library, made c. 1660 (WHwfm, MS Town Library Early Catalogue, p. 31); the shelfmark 'E 3.5' (s. xvii) is on the fore-edge of the book. Given to Wisbech Town Library by c. 1660. I am grateful to Mr Adrian Bassett for drawing my attention to this source.

NOTES ON CONTENTS

1 Two of probably four voices. On St Peter. 2 The end of a cantilena or discant setting, continued probably from the previous page. 3 One of three or four voices. On the conversion of St Paul. 4 One voice (possibly a T to 3?).

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