Maastricht, Netherlands, Rijksarchief van Limburg, MS s.s., All folios
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: i + 8 + i
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 100 x 70
Quire structure: Text version
Title page / Frontispiece: Front cover, modern: 'Oude liederen | aus | het midden der | xvde eeuw | te | Breust bij Maas-|tricht'
Other devices: 1. Original ink foliation, XXI-XXII, XXXIII-XXXV; XXV-XXVII (some folios now bound in incorrect order; some numbers obliterated by trimming or damage).
2. Modern pagination, 1-20 (including endpapers)
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
3-8 (polyphonic repertoire)Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | never |
Ruled grid |
always,
no lines |
Ruling pattern |
highly regular
ruled freehand, very uneven |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves | never |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
n/a | always | ||
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
brown | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
none | always | ||
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
empty ruled staves on grid | occasionally | ||
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
no separate text | always |
Copying of text and music
Language(s) | Dutch, French, Latin |
---|---|
Order of Copying |
music first
always |
Presence/absence of text | Voice part | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
fully texted with one text | discantus | sometimes | ||
partially texted with one text | discantus | sometimes | ||
untexted | discantus | rarely |
Music
Colour(s) of notation | brown |
Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
Type of notation note | angular teardrop shaped notation |
Monophonic notation |
present
1-2 |
Level of calligraphy | poor |
Text
Types of script | cursive |
Level of calligraphy | poor |
Colour(s) of text | brown |
Multiple texts | no |
Text repetitions | few |
Abbreviations | many |
Non underlaid vocal text | none |
Liminary text | none |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | very poor |
Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
penned initials | sometimes | littera notabilior | larger plain inked initials below stave or sometimes in left margin |