A book of 'Laudi e sequenze'. The corpus proper starts at f. 2v, and is written in a very careful script with humanist traits. The monophonic laudi extend from ff. 1-135, the motets (sequences), several of them polyphonic, from ff. 136-151; a final lauda follows (ff. 152-153). According to Liuzzi, the MS was formerly in the possession of the Confraternity of S. Maria at Santo Spirito, the Augustinian establishment in Florence.

At least one page is missing from the motet section at the end before f. 144.

Brown leather with simple tooling over wooden boards. There are 4 round studs both back and front, 2 clasps and at the front a medallion reproducing a cherub painted in white on blue.

large square unmeasured notation; measured notation with longs, breves and semi-breves (f. 152v-153)

5 red four-line staves per page; f. 152v-153 has red five-line staves

144-151v

possibly an old foliation at t.r.r.; two different foliations at b.m.r. One old foliation runs from 1-30 on the present f. 106-135. All are in brown ink. The modern flyleaves (1 at the front and 1 at the back) are unnumbered.

a number of large and beautiful illuminations in several colours, among which blue, red and gold predominate.

index on f. 1-2, begins neatly but ends roughly

i paper + 153 parchment + i paper

RISM B/IV 1: A parchment manuscript, interleaved with tissue, dating from the first half of the 14th century and meas. 395 x 285 mm. It contains 153 folios + 2 blank, unnumbered modern flyleaves (1 at the front and 1 at the back). Fol. 96a is also blank. This is one of the three big lauda manuscripts and it has a number of large and beautiful illuminations in several colours, among which blue, red and gold predominate. There is what appears to be an old foliation at t.r.r., but more certain are the two different foliations at b.m.r. One old foliation runs from 1-30 on the present f. 106-135. All are in brown ink. There is an index which starts in a careful hand, becoming rough later (f. 1-2). The corpus proper starts at f. 2v, and is written in a very careful script with humanist traits. The notation throughout is of large square unmeasured type on 5 red four-line staves per page, except at the end on f. 152v-153, where a different, measured notation on red five-line staves with longs, breves and semi-breves is employed. At least one page is obviously missing from the motet section at the end before f. 144. According to Liuzzi, the ms was formerly in the possession of the Confraternity of S. Maria at Santo Spirito, the Augustinian establishment in Florence. The binding is of brown leather with simple tooling over wooden boards. There are 4 round studs both back and front, 2 clasps and at the front a medallion reproducing a cherub painted in white on blue.

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