The first part of the manuscripts is inscribed 'Venerabili magistro Jacobo salandronio | lude magistro scole divi theodori'. Since Jacob Salandronius (or Salzmann) left his post at the Latin School of St. Theodor in Basel in April 1510 and since one of the pieces in this part is Heinrich Isaac's motet 'Sancti spiritus / Imperii proceres' composed for the Imperial Diet in Constance in 1507, the copy must date from between these two dates. See Kmetz 1988, 177.
Location of origin:
Basel, Switzerland
Provenance
The first part of the manuscript was copied by Jacob Salandronius (Salzmann), teacher at the Latin School of St. Theodor in Basel, between 1507 and 1510. It was folded and posted to 'Matis brotbeck in der cleinen stat' (Mathis brotbeck [baker] in Kleinbasel), together with the second part which must thus date from the same time as the first or earlier. A later ownership remark (probably by Brotbeck states 'Filius suus dono mihi misit ex Tegbuiler Urbe Helvetia', indicating that it was Salandronius' son who had sent the volume to him, possibly from Tägerwilen near Constance.
The manuscript was possibly later in the possession of the Remigius Faesch Museum whose holdings were taken over by Basel University Library in 1823.
Basel, Switzerland, Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität, MS F IX 55, All folios
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: ii + 12 + i
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 310 x 220
Quire structure:
Quire structure - Text version
i 8 (1-8), ii 6 (9-12 [missing bifolium between 9/10 and 11/12])
Title page / Frontispiece: Various ownership and provenance entries on f. 1r: upright in left margin: 'Venerabili magistro Jacobo salandronio | lude magistro scole divi theodori' middle of page: 'Matis brot|beck in | der cleinen | stat' below that: 'Filius suus dono mihi misit ex Tegbuiler Urbe Helvetia'
Other devices: modern pencil foliation, 1-12
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts
Voice Parts Key
Discantus
Altus
Tenor
Bassus
Contratenor
Sextus
Quintus
Vagants
Textus
Triplex
Medius / Meane
Quatriplex
Signe de renvoi
Pricking
never
Ruled grid
always,
Double lines left and right: outer margin 35–39 mm, inner margin 20–26 Sometimes additionally frame line below ruled staved in lower margin, 50–62 mm from bottom
Music and text sometimes slightly indented at the beginning of voice parts.
Extra space between voice parts
Frequency
Folios
Note
empty ruled staves on grid
normally
Space provided for separate text
Frequency
Folios
Note
no separate text
always
Adhoc adaptation
Frequency
Folios
Note
none
always
Copying of text and music
Language(s)
Latin
Order of Copying
music first
always
Presence/absence of text
Voice part
Frequency
Folios
Note
fully texted with one text
discantus
always
partially texted with one text
all except discantus
always
Music
Colour(s) of notation
black
Type(s) of notation
void mensural
Type of notation note
teardrop-shape notation
Monophonic notation
absent
Level of calligraphy
poor
Non verbal performance instructions
Folios
Note
none
Line fillers
Folios
Note
none
Text
Types of script
cursive (German)
Level of calligraphy
poor
Colour(s) of text
black
Multiple texts
no
Text repetitions
none
Abbreviations
many
Non underlaid vocal text
none
Liminary text
Composer ascriptions
Voice designations 'Tenor' and 'Bassus' above voice part on blank staves (Bassus on f. 11r in indentation before voice paet for space reasons)
Signe de renvoi
