The MS corpus consists of Priscian's De ordinatione partium orationis. At the bottom of both f. 60v and 61v are the words Celestinorum de Ambianis. The script of the MS is very similar to but larger than AS 941. It is also written straight across the page and there are 14th century glosses. The margins are wide. The music appears on a single flyleaf, which may have been with the MS since the 14th century. It consists of two incomplete but otherwise known Ars Nova motets in notation of the period. The TV and Mot are in the usual 2 cols., the TV extending across the bottom of the page, and the Mot with the T on the right.

parchment, 17th century. The ribbed flyleaves belong to this binding.

At the top of f. 1 is the following reference: bibliotheca mona[ste]rii S. Vedasti atrebaten[sis]. 1628. L. II. As in AS 941, it was doubtless the librarian of the monastery of St. Vaast in Arras who wrote this entry, for L II is the shelf-mark indicated on the spine of the MS.

Ars Nova

10 red five-line staves per page (originally more)

62rv

19th century brown ink foliation at t.r.r. is identical with that in AS 941

blue-red initial at the beginning.

Parchment (corpus); paper (flyleaves)

RISM B/IV 2: A 13th century parchment manuscript meas. 205 x 158 mm. and containing 62 folios + 1 ribbed paper flyleaf at each end belonging to the 17th century parchment binding. At the top of f. 1 is the following reference: bibliotheca mona[ste]rii S. Vedasti atrebaten[sis]. 1628. L. II. As in AS 941, it was doubtless the librarian of the monastery of St. Vaast in Arras who wrote this entry, for L II is the shelf-mark indicated on the spine of the ms. The ms corpus consists of Priscian's De ordinatione partium orationis. At the bottom of both f. 60v and 61v are the words Celestinorum de Ambianis. The script of the ms is very similar to but larger than AS 941. It is also written straight across the page and there are 14th century glosses. The margins are wide, and there is a blue-red initial at the beginning. The 19th century brown ink foliation at t.r.r. is identical with that in AS 941. The music appears on a single flyleaf, which may have been with the ms since the 14th century. It consists of two incomplete but otherwise known Ars Nova motets in notation of the period on 10 red five-line staves per page (originally more). The TV and Mot are in the usual 2 cols., the TV extending across the bottom of the page, and the Mot with the T on the right. The ms doubtless dates from the second half of the 14th century.

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