Milan, Italy, Archivio della Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo, Sezione Musicale, Librone 2 (olim 2268), All folios
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: iv + ii + 211 + iv
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 650 x 445
Quire structure: Text version
Index / Table of Contents: 1ar: remains of table of contents on modern endpaper
Other devices: 1. Early (original?) foliation reddish brown ink top right, 1-20 11 (= 211)
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
All foliosPreparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | none visible |
Ruled grid |
always,
single line to left and right, no lines for text (except ff. 104v-107r with single and double lines for text) |
Ruling pattern |
highly irregular
12 pentagrams, very even (136-159: 11 pentagrams) |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves | never |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
lead point | always | ||
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
brown | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | always | 25.5 mm, for staves 1-2 (stave 1 only on ff. 136-159) | |
double rastrum | always | Double rastrum 27/25 mm, distance 19 mm, for staves 3-12. From f. 160 onwards 27.5/26.5 mm (as in Librone 1) | |
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single | always | stave 1 always indented, 40-65 mm. Lower voices no indent. Fol. 64-116 no indent, elsewhere indent sometimes filled out at later time | |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
empty ruled staves on grid | often | ||
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
no separate text | always | ||
Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
notation and staves extended into margin | sometimes |
Copying of text and music
Language(s) | Latin |
---|---|
Higlighting | none |
Order of Copying |
music first
always |
Presence/absence of text | Voice part | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
fully texted with one text | all voice parts | normally |
Music
Colour(s) of notation | black |
Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
Type of notation note | round or rhomboid shaped notation of varying size and thickness |
Monophonic notation | absent |
Level of calligraphy | fair |