Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 4, All folios
Physical description
Material: parchment
Number of leaves: 117
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 785 x 560
Quire structure: Text version
Other devices: Modern Arabic foliation in ink in upper right corner: 1-117.
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
All foliosPreparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Signe de renvoi
| Pricking |
always,
in outer margins, bottom line of each stave (in standard 12-stave ruling); top and bottom for vertical bounding lines |
| Ruled grid |
always,
single line to left and right, sometimes double line added for text (6 mm apart) |
| Ruling pattern |
fairly regular
basically 12-line grid, but many variations on pages ruled individually for each voice/piece (especially decorated openings). Staves then not conforming to grid |
| Staves omitted from grid | often |
| Incomplete staves |
rarely,
93r, 94r, 111v |
| 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 | ||
| double | often | ||
| single | often | ||
| Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| empty ruled staves on grid | occasionally | ||
| staves not ruled 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 | often | e.g. 2v, 4r, 10v, 11r, 12v, 13v, 23v, 24v, 25r, 25v, 26v, 33r, 34r, 38r, 38v, 45v, 46r, 62r, 70r, 95v, 114v |
Copying of text and music
| Language(s) | French, Latin |
|---|---|
| Order of Copying |
music first
always |
| Presence/absence of text | Voice part | Frequency | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fully texted with one text | all voice parts | normally | ||
| fully texted with two or more texts | discantus | rarely | 8v, 13v, 40v, 64v | |
| fully texted with two or more texts | contratenor | rarely | 31r | |
| fully texted with two or more texts | contratenor | sometimes | 15v-19v, 20v-22r, 24v-27v, 29v-31v, 35v, 37v-39v, 42v-52v, 54v-64v |
Music
| Colour(s) of notation | black red |
| Colour of notation note | <p>red occurs in the first Mass after the first opening (ff. 9v-14r)</p> |
| Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
| Type of notation note | rhomboid-shaped notation |
| Monophonic notation | absent |
| Level of calligraphy | very high |
| Non verbal performance instructions | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|
| signes-de-renvoi | A trefoil formed by three balls and a descending loop (ff. 3v–4r, 5v–6r, 8v–9r, 10v–12r, 13v–14r, 17v–18r, 19v–20r, 21v–22r, 23v–24r, 30v–39r, 40v–41r, 42v–43r, 44v–45r, 47v–48r, 49v–51r, 54v–55r, 58v–59r, 63v–64r, 68v–69r, 71v–72r, 93v–94r, 109v–110r), a trefoil formed by three diamond shapes and a descending loop (ff. 6v–7r, 9v–10r, 18v–19r, 22v–23r, 45v–47r, 48v–49r, 66v–67r, 70v–71r, 73v–74r, 81v–82r, 94r), a cross with four rhombus-shaped dots around the centre (ff. 15v–16r, 25v–26r, 39r, 52v–53r, 57v–58r, 59v–61r, 62v–63r, 64v–65r, 79v–80r, 92v–93r, 98v–99r) and a diamond formed by four small rhombus shapes with a descending stroke (ff. 56v–57r, 61v–62r). | |
| signa congruentiae | in form of three pyramidal dots ending in a stroke or loop | |
| Line fillers | Folios | Note |
| often | 8v, 44r, 47r, 49r/v, 50r/v, 53r, 54v, 55r, 57r/v, 58r, 59r, 61v, 62r/v, 63r/v, 64r, 65r, 66v, 68v, 70v, 72v, 74r/v, 77v, 78v, 79r/v, 80v, 83v, 85v, 88v, 89r, 103v, 104r, 107r/v, 110v | in form of a series of tapering vertical lines, extending the normal double vertical which marks the end of a section, and ending it with a custos which may be double or tripled to fill the remaining space |
| occasionally | 1v–4r, 15v–19v, 20v, 21r, 22v, 23r, 29v, 30v, 33v, 34r, 35v, 36r, 42v, 47v, 48r, 59v, 60r, 96r, 105v, 108r, 110r, 111r, 113v, 114r, 115v, 116r | custos doubled or tripled at the end of a voice-part to fill the empty space |
Text
| Types of script | cursive (bastarda) |
| Level of calligraphy | very high |
| Colour(s) of text | black red red used for headers and double texting and partly also for voice-names, instructions, the cantus firmus voice, some small capitals or first words of the text underlay and tacet inscriptions. For the first Mass, red ink is also used for pauses, signa, canons, clefs, mensuration/proportion signs and opening rests for canonic voices that are to be derived from the written voice-parts. |
| Multiple texts | yes |
| Text repetitions | fairly many |
| Abbreviations | few |
| Non underlaid vocal text | none |
| Liminary text | headers (ff. 1v, 5v, 8v, 43r, 55r, 66v, 77v, 91r, 103r, 113v) and a few instructions (ff. 67v, 69v, 70v, 72v, 74v) |
Decoration
| Level of Decoration | very high |
| Decoration miniature frequency | Folios | Size position | Description | Discrepancies | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rarely | 15v-16r | Miniatures at the beginning of the first four Masses. At the beginning of the discantus four to five staves high (first stave partly not ruled), at the beginning of the following voice-parts two to three staves high (first stave partly not ruled). | 15v: Resurrection / Heraldic arms of Austria and New Burgundy 16r: Archduke Charles (the future Emperor Charles V), introduced by St Charles the Great / Imperial heraldic arms Burgundy-Habsburg | Iconclass continued: / 11H(NICHOLAS IV) / 61B2(HENRY VIII) / 61BB2(CATHERINE OF ARAGON) / 46A122(ENGLAND); 11F2411 | ||
| rarely | 29v-30r | Miniatures at the beginning of the first four Masses. At the beginning of the discantus four to five staves high (first stave partly not ruled), at the beginning of the following voice-parts two to three staves high (first stave partly not ruled). | 29v: Virgin and Child with the Vine of Life and Eve with the Tree of Knowledge / John Duns Scotus / Pope Nicholas IV 30r: Henry VIII / Catherine of Aragon / Heraldic arms of England, with royal crown, supported by griffin and greyhound, combined rose and pomegranate | Iconclass continued: / 11H(NICHOLAS IV) / 61B2(HENRY VIII) / 61BB2(CATHERINE OF ARAGON) / 46A122(ENGLAND); 11F2411 | ||
| rarely | 42v-43r | Miniatures at the beginning of the first four Masses. At the beginning of the discantus four to five staves high (first stave partly not ruled), at the beginning of the following voice-parts two to three staves high (first stave partly not ruled). | 42v: Seven Sorrows of the Virgin 43r: Ferdinand of Austria (brother of Charles), introduced by St Anthony of Padua / Eleanor and Isabella of Austria (sisters of Ferdinand), introduced by St Livinus and St Elizabeth / Mary and Catherine (sisters of Ferdinand), introduced by the Virgin and Child and St Catherine | Iconclass continued: / 11H(NICHOLAS IV) / 61B2(HENRY VIII) / 61BB2(CATHERINE OF ARAGON) / 46A122(ENGLAND); 11F2411 | ||
| rarely | 8v-9r | Miniatures at the beginning of the first four Masses. At the beginning of the discantus four to five staves high (first stave partly not ruled), at the beginning of the following voice-parts two to three staves high (first stave partly not ruled). | 8v: Virgin on a Crescent Moon 9r: Emperor Maximilian I in Prayer / Heraldic arms of Maximilian I, the double-headed imperial eagle, and first words of his motto 'Halt mas [in allen dingen]' | Iconclass continued: / 11H(NICHOLAS IV) / 61B2(HENRY VIII) / 61BB2(CATHERINE OF ARAGON) / 46A122(ENGLAND); 11F2411 | ||
| Decoration border frequency | Border type | Folios | Size | Position | Description | Discrepancies |
| occasionally | decorated | 8v, 9r, 15v, 16r, 29v, 30r, 42v | full and partial borders | inner margin, lower margin, outer margin, upper margin | Flowers, strawberries, redcurrant, birds and butterflies on ochre grounds (ff. 8v, 9r). Acanthus, flowers, birds, butterflies on a brown ground (f. 15v). Flowers, birds, butterflies, redcurrant and snales on parchment (ff. 15v, 29v). Ten banners with the emblems of territories in Habsburg (f. 16r). Acanthus, flowers and scrolls on a red or a brown ground (ff. 29v, 42v). Three small miniatures of Popes Alexander V, Innocent V and Sixtus IV with texts concerning the Immaculate Conception (f. 30r) | |
| Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
| painted initials | rarely | 42v | Small initial, two staves high, at the beginning of the tenor of the fourth Mass (f. 42v). | Acanthus initial on a purple ground with a bird, a butterfly and a snale (f. 42v). | ||
| initials planned | never | |||||
| penned initials | occasionally | 54v-55r, 66v-67r, 77v-78r, 90v-91r, 102v-103r | Calligraphic initials at the beginning of voice-parts, one, two or three staves high. | Calligraphic initials with grotesque heads, highlighted with coloured washes, for the first opening of the last five Masses (ff. 54v-55r, 66v-67r, 77v-78r, 90v-91r, 102v-103r). | ||
| painted initials | rarely | 54v, 66v, 77v, 90v, 102v | Large initials, four staves high (first stave not ruled), at the beginning of the discantus of the last five Masses. | Elaborate acanthus initials, partly in candelabrae style, including cornucopia, fruit, etc., partly with grotesque heads; one initial with calligraphic pattern infill (f. 90v) | ||
| penned initials | normally | Calligraphic initials at the beginning of voice-parts, one, two or three staves high. | Calligraphic initials in black ink throughout (apart from the first openings of Masses). | |||
| Other decoration frequency | Folios | Other decoration type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies | |
| never | ||||||