First folio contains a table of contents and is missing lower corner with partial loss of text., 1 column of 20 lines ruled in lead with single boundary lines and written in gothic textualis script. 24-37) and select prayers for dedication of the church, for the Virgin, for peace, against the plague, for sinners, several for the dead, for alms, and three orations for mass which commemorates St. 18v as orate fraters et sorores, likely a reference to the canonesses of Diessen Cannon of mass (ff. 2-17) a prayer Orate fraters beginning f. 1r-v) the Propers for masses of major feasts of the temporal cycle: Nativity, Easter, Ascension, Pentecost, Trinity Sunday, and Corpus Christi, followed by selections from the ordinary mass (ff. Rubricated in red., Decorated manuscript in latin with contemporary blindpressed calf over wooden boards, with original corner and center bosses. Major divisions of text are marked by leather tabs. Cross symbols in red passim throughout text. 6 to 8 line pen flourished initials in red passim, with extensive pen flourishes extending into the margins. Both boards damaged by worms., 1 and 2 line initials in red passim, some with flourishing extending into the margin. Tooling includes central panel and rosette and vine-like patterns. Two pairs of claps on fore edge catching on upper cover. Original brass bosses and clasps on corner and center of both covers. The whole framed by multiple blind rules and by a broad border of vines and flowers.
Leather stamped with a central panel of ogival lozenges, each enclosing a central botanical stamp. Notes: Catchwords occasionally on the verso, passim., Bound in contemporary blind-tooled reddish brown calf over wooden boards.
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