The Pontifical of Renaud de Bar
Physical Description
Description and Contents
Parchment, ii modern paper flyleaves + iii contemporary parchment flyleaves + 140 fols. + ii modern paper flyleaves, 320 x 245 mm (225 x 150 mm), 14 long lines, ruled in plummet, square notation on four-line staves ruled in vermilion red ink. The main text is written in iron-gall ink and the rubrics in vermilion red.
Bishop sprinkling holy water on the external walls of a church (Office for the Dedication of a Church)
The partial bar border is decorated with foliate motifs. A standing bishop is depicted in the historiated initial I. A man training an ape is shown in the bas-de-page.