Modena, Italy, Archivio Storico Diocesano di Modena-Nonantola, MS Mus. IV, All folios
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: i + 120 + i
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 402 x 280
Quire structure: Text version
Other devices: 1. Modern pencil pagination top right corner.
2. Modern pencil foliation recto bottom right.
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
All foliosPreparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Signe de renvoi
| Pricking |
sometimes,
Visible only in gathering vii; probably trimmed off elsewhere |
| Ruled grid |
always,
Vertical bounding lines only; no text lines |
| Ruling pattern | fairly regular |
| Staves omitted from grid | never |
| Incomplete staves | never |
| Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| hard point | always | ||
| Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| brown | always | ||
| Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| single rastrum | often | 19-22, 28-41, 65, 74, 88-97 | Three different rastra: 19-22: 18.5 mm; 28-41, 65, 74: 21 mm; 88-97: 17 mm |
| double rastrum | often | 1-18, 23-27, 42-64, 66-73, 75-87, 98-120 | Five different rastra: 1r-13v: 17+17.5 mm, interspace 15.5 mm; 14r-18v, 23r-27v: 16+17 mm, interspace 15 mm; 42r-43v, 48r-51v, 54r-61v, 68r-71v: 17.5+17 mm, interspace 12 mm; 44r-47v, 52r-53v, 62r-64v, 66r-67v, 72r-73v, 75r-v: 21+22 mm, interspace 15.5 mm; 76r-87v, 98r-120v: 16.5+17 mm, interspace 14.75 mm |
| Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| none | always | Sometimes text and music 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 | ||
| Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| notation and staves extended into margin | occasionally | ||
| made for complete additional staves | occasionally | 2r, 3v, 11r, 12r, 13r, 60v, 98v |
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 | ||
| provided with single incipit | all voice parts | occasionally | 45v–50r, 60v–61r, 74v–75r and 97v–98r | |
| provided with one or two incipits | all except discantus | rarely | 54v–60r and 69v–71r | |
| untexted | all voice parts | rarely | 96v |
Music
| Colour(s) of notation | brown |
| Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
| Type of notation note | rhomboid or teardrop shaped notation, very wide variety (17 different hands) |
| Monophonic notation | absent |
| Level of calligraphy | fair |
| Non verbal performance instructions | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|
| signes-de-renvoi | rarely |
Text
| Types of script | cursive |
| Types of script note | wide variety (17 hands), variously with italic, bastarda, or textura elements |
| Level of calligraphy | fair |
| Colour(s) of text | brown |
| Multiple texts |
yes
occasionally in strophic works |
| Text repetitions | few |
| Abbreviations | some |
| Non underlaid vocal text | none |
| Liminary text | Voice-names, Tacet indications, canonic instructions, variously depending on scribe |
Decoration
| Level of Decoration | fair |
| Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| penned initials | normally | calligraphic , calligraphic with grotesque heads | ||||
| Other decoration frequency | Folios | Other decoration type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies | |
| often | Voice-names | Above or in front of notation | Large and embellished voice-names, often with calligraphic initials | |||