IIIF Manifest
Two binding fragments from a late fifteenth-century manuscript, Ms.I.Qu.411 in Breslau University, representing the easternmost source of this repertoire. The larger fragment was labelled f.1 by Feldmann, the smaller f.2; though in fact they are both from the same rotulus (Brewer), measuring at least 650 x 180 mm (cf. Brussels 19606 and Paris Pic 67). Therefore pieces continue 'down' the two rectos, and then the two versos. Traces of offset from the decorated initials still present on the first and last flyleaves of the host volume (I.Q.411) indicate the larger fragment was formerly located at the front of the volume, and the smaller fragment at the back.
Eight fragmentary works of the French Ars nova survive, among them the Ite missa est from the Mass of Tournai, and Philippe de Vitry's motet `Colla jugo subdere'. Some texts show traces of Picardy dialect, and the rotulus probably originated in France, perhaps in that part (Brewer).