Modena, Italy, Archivio Storico Diocesano di Modena-Nonantola, MS Mus. XII, All folios
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: iii + 51 + iii
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 560 x 395
Quire structure: Text version
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
1-8Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Signe de renvoi
| Pricking | none visible |
| Ruled grid | always |
| Ruling pattern | highly regular |
| Staves omitted from grid | never |
| Incomplete staves | never |
| Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| brown ink | normally | ||
| Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| brown | always | ||
| Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| single rastrum | always | ||
| Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| none | always | Music and text often indented over ruled staves to accommodate initials. | |
| Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| empty ruled staves on grid | often | ||
| Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| no separate text | 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 | all voice parts | always |
Music
| Colour(s) of notation | brown |
| Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
| Type of notation note | Rhomboid shaped notation |
| Monophonic notation | absent |
| Level of calligraphy | high |
Text
| Types of script | textura |
| Types of script size position | with cursive elements |
| Level of calligraphy | high |
| Colour(s) of text | brown |
| Multiple texts | no |
| Text repetitions | fairly few |
| Abbreviations | some |
| Non underlaid vocal text | none |
| Liminary text |
Tacet inscriptions,
1r, 5v, 6r, 6v, 7v |
Decoration
| Level of Decoration | fair |
| Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| penned initials | often | littera notabilior | Below the stave, for second letters after initials or beginning of subsections | |||
| penned initials | sometimes | calligraphic , flourished | at the beginning of sections, one or two staves over ruled staves with notations indented | |||
| Other decoration frequency | Folios | Other decoration type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies | |
| often | decorated letters | elaborate penwork on text descenders | ||||
| always | embellished final barline | |||||