Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 20, All folios
Physical description
Material: parchment (with paper)
Number of leaves: 116
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 435 x 320
Quire structure: Text version
Other devices: Two added paper leaves, included in foliation as ff. 70-71. Modern Arabic foliation in ink: 1-51, 51a-115.
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Preparation and Copying
All foliosPreparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Signe de renvoi
| Pricking |
always,
in outer margins, but but pricked for 10 while normal maximum is 9 staves; top and bottom for vertical bounding lines |
| Ruled grid |
always,
single line to left and right, no horizontal ruling for text |
| Ruling pattern |
fairly regular
staves ruled freehand, sometimes varying in distance. |
| Staves omitted from grid | often |
| Incomplete staves |
rarely,
13v, 17r, 24v, 35r, 40r, 42v, 43v, 63v |
| Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| lead point | always | ||
| Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| black | always | ||
| Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| single rastrum | always | ||
| Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| triple | occasionally | 13v, 19v, 25v, 31v, 37v, 43v, 49v, 54v, 60v, 66v, 74v, 80v, 86v, 92v, 98v, 104v | at the beginning of the Magnificats after the first opening except for the second and the last Magnificat (ff. 7v, 110v) |
| double | sometimes | ||
| single | often | ||
| Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| staves not ruled on grid | often | ||
| empty ruled staves on grid | occasionally | ||
| Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| no separate text | never | ||
| Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| notation and staves extended into margin | often |
Copying of text and music
| Language(s) | |
|---|---|
| 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 | slender and strongly pointed rhomboid shape |
| Monophonic notation | absent |
| Level of calligraphy | very high |
| Non verbal performance instructions | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|
| signes-de-renvoi | Cross with four dots arranged around its centre in red ink (ff. 2v-3r, 5v-6r, 11v-12r, 13r, 15v-16r, 17r, 36v-37r, 75v-76r, 76v-77r, 78v-79r, 79v-80r, 94v-95r, 95v-96r, 107v-108r, 108v-109r) and a cross with four dots arranged around its centre in black ink (ff. 101v-102r). | |
| signa congruentiae | in form of three pyramidal dots ending in a stroke | |
| Line fillers | Folios | Note |
| few | 80v | some repeated custodes; staggered rests |
| Later changes | Folios | |
| voice-part added to empty staves (f. 21v) words added to text underlay (f. 40v) two inserted paper leaves with music and text (ff. 70v-71r) text underlay added to music (ff. 98v-104r); piece of paper with music and text by another hand sewn onto parchment (f. 103v) |
Text 1
| Types of script | cursive (bastarda) |
| Level of calligraphy | high |
| Colour(s) of text | black red red used for headers and partly for instructions and tacet inscriptions |
| Multiple texts | no |
| Text repetitions | few |
| Abbreviations | few |
| Non underlaid vocal text | none |
| Later changes | voice-part added to empty staves (f. 21v); words added to text underlay (f. 40v); two inserted paper leaves with music and text (ff. 70v-71r); text underlay added to music (ff. 98v-104r); piece of paper with music and text by another hand sewn onto parchment (f. 103v) |
Text 2
| Types of script | display script |
| Types of script size position | for voice-names at the beginning of voice-parts, headers, tacet inscriptions and instructions |
| Level of calligraphy | high |
| Colour(s) of text | black red |
| Liminary text | titles and/or composers' names (ff. 2r, 7v, 13v, 19v, 25v, 31v, 37v, 43v, 49v, 54v, 60v, 66v, 74v, 80v, 86v, 92v, 98v, 104v, 110v) tacet inscriptions (ff. 5r, 7r, 10r, 10v, 11r, 12r, 15r, 15v, 22v, 23r, 26v, 27v, 28r, 29v, 30r, 32v, 41r, 57v, 58r, 61v, 62r, 63v, 65r, 69v, 74v, 78v, 83r, 88v, 89v, 93v, 95r, 95v, 105v, 106v, 107r, 108r, 111v, 112r, 114r); voice designations; canon instructions; verte instructions |
Decoration
| Level of Decoration | high |
| Decoration miniature frequency | Folios | Size position | Description | Discrepancies | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rarely | 1v | one miniature, three staves high, at the beginning of the first opening | heraldic arms of Frederick the Wise | |||
| Decoration border frequency | Border type | Folios | Size | Position | Description | Discrepancies |
| rarely | None | 1v | partial borders: one-sided | upper margin | scroll which bears the motto 'Tant que je puis' of Frederick the Wise | |
| Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
| painted initials | never | |||||
| initials planned | rarely | 35r | ||||
| penned initials | normally | at the beginning of each voice-part | initials partly decorated with grotesque heads in brown ink | |||
| penned initials | occasionally | at the beginning of each voice-part | large calligraphic initials with white borders, at the beginning of some major divisions (ff. 19v, 31v, 37v, 43v, 49v, 66v-67r, 86v-87r) | |||
| penned initials | rarely | 2r | at the beginning of each voice-part | decorated initials developing grotesque heads, highlighted with coloured washes, at the beginning of the first opening (f. 2r) | ||
| Other decoration frequency | Folios | Other decoration type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies | |
| never | ||||||