Kyrie eleison : with prosulae.
1200
1 volume (iii, 8, iii leaves) : parchment, illustrations ; 15 cm
A brown leather-bound book features a circular embossed gold emblem on its cover. The emblem depicts two barrels floating on wavy lines, with decorative scrollwork surrounding it. The manuscript is a troped or farced Kyrie, a form developed since the 10th and 11th centuries in which additional texts based on attributes (e.g., “Kyrie lux et origo”) provided sufficient syllables to set the plainchant melodies. Special Collections Princeton MS. 102
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