Special Collections & Archives: MS.F.2.12 Fragment

MS.F.2.12 (pastedowns). Calendar (parchment fragment). 11th century. Mass for the Visitation (parchment fragment). 15th century.

Physical description: Two parchment leaves used as pastedowns, now raised.

Contents: upper pastedown (f.i:). Lower part of a leaf of a calendar: 23-30 April and 25-31 May; obiit Manegoldus, 28 May, added 12th century; Lower pastedown (f.178). Missa de visitacione beate marie virginis. Also parchment strips, some from a manuscript, sewn into centre of some gatherings.

Decoration: ruled in ink, writing below top line.

Provenance: MS.F.2.12 from the Rylands bequest, 1900.

Microfilm copy available for consultation.