Modena, Italy, Archivio Storico Diocesano di Modena-Nonantola, MS Mus. IX, All folios
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: iii + 95 + iii
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 490 x 325
Quire structure: Text version
Other devices: 1. Original foliation, ink recto top right, 50-99, C00, Ci- Cxxi (with gap between cxvi and cxviiii = 67/68), corresponding to ff. 1-70.
2. Modern library foliation, pencil bottom right, 1-95 (f. 57 unnumbered), replaced by correct pencil foliation top right, 1-94
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
All foliosPreparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | always |
Ruled grid |
always,
Vertical bounding lines only, no text lines |
Ruling pattern | highly regular |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves | never |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
hard point or lead point | always | Justification lines only. | |
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
brown | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | often | 1-56, 71-93 | Three different rastra: A 19-mm rastrum was used on fols. 41r-56v and 85r-93v, a 19.5-mm rastrum on fols. 71r-80v and 83r-84v, and a 20-mm rastrum on fols. 1r-40v and 81r-82v |
double rastrum | sometimes | 57-70, 94-95 | |
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
none | always | Music and text always indented over ruled staves, even where not needed 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 (f. 95r teardrop shaped) |
Monophonic notation | absent |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Non verbal performance instructions | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|
signes-de-renvoi | occasionally | |
cue notes | one or two notes after custos before page-turn to indicate beginning on next opening, occasionally | |
Line fillers | Folios | Note |
none |
Text
Types of script | textura |
Types of script note | with cursive elements |
Colour(s) of text | brown |
Multiple texts | no |
Text repetitions | fairly many |
Abbreviations | some |
Non underlaid vocal text | none |
Liminary text | Composer names, normally; voice-names in second part (from f. 70) only |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | fair |
Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
penned initials | often | calligraphic , calligraphic with decoration, plain initials | ||||
Other decoration frequency | Folios | Other decoration type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies | |
sometimes | decorative final long | Scribe V |