Single large leaf, 346 by 230mm, with single column of 15 lines in high-grade late gothic bookhand (with the ritual for the ordination of acolyte, exorcist, lector and porter), with hairline penstrokes added for ornamental effect, red rubrics and instructions, capitals touched in yellow wash, one-line initial and cross in burnished gold on blue and dark pink grounds heightened with white penwork, one large initial in same, triangular section of lower margin cut away, a few small spots and stains, overall in excellent condition
From a grand Pontifical manuscript, one of the rarest of liturgical books to survive from the Middle Ages, containing the rites and ceremonies performed by a bishop or a pope. Another leaf from this parent volume appeared in Pirages, cat. 60 (2010), no. 423
