P-VV (Vila Viçosa) Biblioteca do Palácio Real A.M. A-001
P-VV A.M. A-001
Fair-Good. The parchment surface is slightly cockled and stained, and the fore-edge bottom corners rather yellowed and worn-out due to use.
Choirbook format, 532 × 325 mm
35 fols. Original fols 3 and 35 are missing (the latter replaced by a later copy on paper). Two foliations: the first only perceptible in some folios; the other, also quite faint, added by Manuel Joaquim (Joaquim, Vinte livros (1953), 85). Fol. 3 is missing in both sets of foliations. On PEM, the consecutive numeration of folios means that original fol. 4 is now fol. 3.
8 gatherings of 4 folios each. Gathering 1 lacks 1 fol. after fol. 2; gathering 8 lacks original folio after fol. 34, replaced by copy on paper.
Brown calf leather over boards. Blind-tooled decoration. Outer border and enclosed lozenge consisting of frameworks with phytomorphic motifs, which also connect the middle point of each side of the lozenge to the inner corners of the border frame, thus forming eight surrounding triangles. Small fleurons stamped on every inner corner of the lozenge and triangles. In the centre, there is also a floral stamp. Two old metal clasps composed of fittings and leather straps; only one still has its respective hook and is functional.
Musical Items
| Folio | Seq | Incipit | Occasion | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 002v-017r | 1 | Kyrie [Mass] * | MI | Mi |
| 017v-035r | 1 | [Missa Aeterna Christi munera] | MI | Mi |