‡ Three leaves from a Noted Missal, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment [France, c. 1200 (probably before c. 1230)]

Three leaves, each cut up into four equal triangular pieces (presumably to use in a later binding, or to use as support for a padded object), and recovered from that reuse and reconstructed into current leaves, with double column of 30 lines of an early gothic bookhand, written above topline, some lines with music arranged in square notation on an early 4-line stave, capitals touched in red, red undulating lines used to fill space between words or parts of them that accompany music, bright red rubrics, numerous large initials in red or blue with simple contrasting penwork picking out foliate shapes, one large initial with a growling dog's head at its foot, poking out its tongue, some cuts, scuffs, and small stains, else in fair condition, each leaf approximately 370 by 255mm.

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