[2] The manuscript contains blank pages, music in Intavolatura notation, music in New German Tablature notation, seven chapters stating the rights and duties of burghers, a list of City Council members for the period between 1343–1619 (including dates of death), a list of royal clerks for the period between 1457–1619, privileges granted to the Hanseatic cantorate in Lund, notes of Martin Lange (City Council secretary), and table of the City Council’s expenses (including musicians’ pay) from 1604–1605.
[3] The music parts are written on paper bearing two distinct water marks: the older being identical to Briquet nr.
[7] The manufacturing and binding dates, however, do not give any conclusive information as to time and location of writing down the music.
The manuscript has been catalogued on the database of the Répertoire International des Sources Musicales (RISM) with inventory number 302002314.
[12] The two pieces in New German Tablature consist of a vocal arrangement on a madrigal by Germano Pallavicino and an untitled prelude.
[25] Several of compositions contain epigrams in Latin, Standard German or Greek at the bottom of the pages, which are believed to have been added by the scribe or copyist of the manuscript at the time of writing.