A Missal produced for and probably at Monte Cassino, written a neat minuscule. The first piece on f. 15 appears to be polyphonic, since the incipit Ordo iuris is followed on the fourth stave by the incipit ordo again. The documents on f. 13v-14v show that the Missal went to Velletri, where, according to Bannister, the music on f. 15-15v must have been copied.

greatly affected by damp

modern parchment binding, to which the flyleaves belong

rough ligatures and single mordent-like notes

The neumatic notation suggests a date at the end of the 12th century or very beginning of the 13th.

dry-point lines drawn continuously one under the other.

Modern pencil foliation at t.r.r.

red initials ornamented in green and yellow and occasionally violet

parchment

RISM B/IV 1: A parchment Missal written for and probably at Monte Cassino between 1087 and 1105, meas. 204 x 134 mm. and containing 101 folios + 2 blank unnumbered flyleaves at each end. The flyleaves belong to the modern parchment binding. Unfortunately, the codex has been greatly affected by damp. The documents on f. 13v-14v show that the Missal went to Velletri, where the music on f. 15-15v must have been copied, according to Bannister. The Missal is written in a neat minuscule with red initials ornamented in green and yellow and occasionally violet. On f. 1-13 is a calendar for the church year. The foliation is a modern pencil one at t.r.r. The music is in rough ligatures and single mordent-like notes on dry-point lines drawn continuously one under the other. The first piece on f. 15 appears to be polyphonic, since the incipit Ordo iuris is followed on the fourth stave by the incipit ordo again. The notation suggests a date at the end of the 12th century or at the very beginning of the 13th, since it is neumatic.

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