Modena, Italy, Archivio Storico Diocesano di Modena-Nonantola, MS Mus. III, All folios
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: iii + I + 178 + iii
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 400 x 280
Quire structure: Text version
Other devices: 1. Original foliation, top recto, mostly removed through trimming and damage to the pages.
2. Modern pencil foliation bottom right, 1-178
3. Modern stamped pagination bottom centre, 2-347 (partly corrected with pencil to take acount of missing leaves).
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
All foliosPreparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking |
occasionally,
visible in gatherings iv, vi, xiii; presumable trimmed off in other gatherings |
Ruled grid |
always,
vertical bounding lines; 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 | 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 | Text and music indented at beginning of voice parts, but only rarely used for initials | |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
staves not ruled on grid | often | ||
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
not in dedicated space | rarely | 80v | |
provided, in dedicated space | occasionally | 51v, 61v-62r, 64v, 65v, 71v, 74v, 78v-79r, 82v, 83v, 84v, 87v, 88v, 89v, 97v, 128v-129r, 132v-135r | |
Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
notation and staves extended into margin | rarely | 29v, 36v-37r, 136r | |
partial additional staves | rarely | 67v | |
notation extended into margin | rarely | 9r, 11r, 15r |
Copying of text and music
Language(s) | |
---|---|
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 noteheads |
Monophonic notation |
present
for chant intonations, occasionally |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Non verbal performance instructions | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|
signes-de-renvoi | occasionally | |
Line fillers | Folios | Note |
none |
Text
Types of script | cursive (italic) |
Types of script note | Five different scribes. With textura and/or bastarda elements (depending on scribe) |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Colour(s) of text | brown |
Multiple texts | no |
Text repetitions | few |
Abbreviations | few |
Non underlaid vocal text |
additional
additional stanzas, occasionally |
Liminary text | Tacet instructions, canonic instructions, sometimes |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | poor |
Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
penned initials | rarely | 36v-40r, 55, 79v, 127v-128r | ||||
Other decoration frequency | Folios | Other decoration type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies | |
rarely | 30v-31r, 126v-127r | decorated letters | elaborate penwork on some text descenders |