Oxford, Great Britain, Bodleian Library, [Printed Book] Arch. A.c.10, 34-43
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: 65
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 280-288 x 195-210
Quire structure: Text version
Other devices: 1. Modern pencil foliation recto top right, 1-65.
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
All foliosPreparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | none visible |
Ruled grid |
normally,
single lines to left and right |
Ruling pattern |
fairly irregular
mostly 8 staves, but ruled very unevenly |
Staves omitted from grid | n/a |
Incomplete staves | never |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
black ink | always | ||
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
black | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
freehand | always | hand-drawn without guide, very uneven | |
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
none | always | ||
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
empty ruled staves on grid | sometimes | ||
variable space, not on grid | sometimes | ||
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
no separate text | always |
Copying of text and music
Language(s) | Latin |
---|---|
Order of Copying |
mixed
always |
Presence/absence of text | Voice part | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
fully texted with one text | all voice parts | always |
Music
Colour(s) of notation | black |
Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
Type of notation note | teardrop-shaped notation |
Monophonic notation | absent |
Level of calligraphy | poor |
Line fillers | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|
sometimes | abstract ornaments filling remaining stave after final double barline |
Text
Types of script | cursive (Anglicana) |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Colour(s) of text | black |
Multiple texts | no |
Text repetitions | none |
Abbreviations | few |
Non underlaid vocal text | none |
Liminary text | Voice designations, in left margin |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | very poor |