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1. Perkins 4, cover Perkins 4, cover Gradual from Maundy Thursday to the vigil of Pentecost. Illuminated manuscript on parchment. Five lines of text and music: text in Latin and music in plainsong notation, red, four-line staves with black neumes. Many pages contain decorated initials and nine pages contain large historiated initials enclosed by floral borders. The book was written in northern France, probably Rouen, in the early 16th century. Bound in blind stamped leather over heavy boards with four corner bosses and one center boss on each cover. The remains of clasps are on the fore edge of the front cover.
2. Perkins 4, folio 1, recto Perkins 4, folio 1, recto Maundy Thursday. Introit "Nos autem gloriari oportet". Historiated initial "n" with miniature scene of Last Supper. Illuminated border of brushed gold with flowers, insects, and birds.
3. Perkins 4, folio 1, verso Perkins 4, folio 1, verso Maundy Thursday (cont.). Introit "Nos autem gloriari oportet" (concl.). Red "ps" indicates Psalm verse "Deus misereatur nostri"; second half of Psalm verse written beside staff. Red "g" indicates Gradual "Christus factus est pro nobis". Versal: large illuminated initial "C".
4. Perkins 4, folio 2, recto Perkins 4, folio 2, recto Maundy Thursday (cont.). Gradual "Christus factus est pro nobis" (cont.). Red "v" indicates verse to follow on verso.
5. Perkins 4, folio 2, verso Perkins 4, folio 2, verso Maundy Thursday (cont.). Gradual "Christus factus est pro nobis" (cont.); Verse "Propter quod et Deus". Versal: large illuminated initial "P".
6. Perkins 4, folio 3, recto Perkins 4, folio 3, recto Maundy Thursday (cont.). Gradual "Christus factus est pro nobis" (cont.). Red rubrics, "Credo in unum Deum", indicate Credo is to be chanted. Red "off" indicates Offertory "Dextera Domini fecit virtutem". Versal: large illuminated initial "D".
7. Perkins 4, folio 3, verso Perkins 4, folio 3, verso Maundy Thursday (cont.). Offertory "Dextera Domini fecit virtutem" (cont.).
8. Perkins 4, folio 4, recto Perkins 4, folio 4, recto Maundy Thursday (cont.). Offertory "Dextera Domini fecit virtutem" (concl.). Red rubrics indicate "Agnus Dei" is said, but the peace is not offered. Red "co" indicates Communion "Dominus Jesus postquam coenavit". Versal: large illuminated initial "D".
9. Perkins 4, folio 4, verso Perkins 4, folio 4, verso Maundy Thursday (cont.). Communion "Dominus Jesus postquam coenavit" (concl.). Red rubrics indicate the conclusion of the Mass, stripping of the altar, the washing of feet, and instructions for the Antiphons and Psalms that accompany.
10. Perkins 4, folio 5, recto Perkins 4, folio 5, recto Maundy Thursday (cont.). Antiphon "Mandatum novum do vobis". Red "p" indicates Psalm verse. Versals: large initial "M" and small illuminated initial "B".
11. Perkins 4, folio 5, verso Perkins 4, folio 5, verso Maundy Thursday (cont.). Antiphon "Mandatum novum do vobis" (concl.). Red "a" indicates Antiphon "Postquam surrexit Dominus a coena". Versal: small initial "P".
12. Perkins 4, folio 6, recto Perkins 4, folio 6, recto Maundy Thursday (cont.). Antiphon "Postquam surrexit Dominus a coena" (concl.). Red "ps" indicates Psalm verse. Red "a" indicates Antiphon "Dominus Jesus"; antiphon is abbreviated to just these two words. Versal: small initial "D".
13. Perkins 4, folio 6, verso Perkins 4, folio 6, verso Maundy Thursday (cont.). Antiphon "Dominus Jesus" (concl.). Red "a" indicates Antiphon "In diebus illis" [currently indicated for Feast of St. Mary Magdalen]. Versal: small initial "I".
14. Perkins 4, folio 7, recto Perkins 4, folio 7, recto Maundy Thursday (cont.). Antiphon "In diebus illis" (cont.).
15. Perkins 4, folio 7, verso Perkins 4, folio 7, verso Maundy Thursday (cont.). Antiphon "In diebus illis" (cont.). Red "ps" indicates Psalm verse.
16. Perkins 4, folio 8, recto Perkins 4, folio 8, recto Maundy Thursday (cont.). Antiphon "In diebus illis" (concl.). Red "an" indicates Antiphon "Maria ergo unxit pedes Jesu" [now associated with Feast of St. Mary Magdelene; compare to Perugia, Biblioteca Comunale 'Augusta', Ms 2787, fol. 174v, and State Library of Victoria, Ms 096.1 R66A: The Poissy Antiphonal, fol. 290v]. Versal: small initial "M".
17. Perkins 4, folio 8, verso Perkins 4, folio 8, verso Maundy Thursday (cont.). Antiphon "Maria ergo unxit pedes Jesu" (concl.). Red "ps" indicates Psalm verse. Red "a" indicates antiphon on following folio.
18. Perkins 4, folio 9, recto Perkins 4, folio 9, recto Maundy Thursday (cont.). Antiphon "Vos vocatis me Magister et Domine".
19. Perkins 4, folio 9, verso Perkins 4, folio 9, verso Maundy Thursday (cont.). Antiphon "Vos vocatis me Magister et Domine" (concl.). Red "ps" indicates Psalm verse [in fact John 13:15]. Red "an" indicates Antiphon "Diligamus nos invicem" [based on 1 John 4:7]. Versal: small initial "D".
20. Perkins 4, folio 10, recto Perkins 4, folio 10, recto Maundy Thursday (cont.). Antiphon "Diligamus nos invicem" (concl.). Red "ps" indicates Psalm verse "Quam dilecta tabernacula tua" [Psalm 83:2].
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