PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

Mise-en-page in manuscripts and printed books containing polyphonic music, 1480—1530

Manuscript: Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 3 (olim H.C.1; = MaiM 8)

Manuscript type: choirbook

RISM siglum: D-Mbs 3

DIAMM Source Key: 2184

Image repositories: Digitale Bibliothek (BSB Munich)

Folio(s): All folios

Date: c. 1520-5

Bente 1968

Provenance

Copied in Munich, for use by the court chapel of Wilhelm IV, Duke of Bavaria (1493-1550). Kept in Hofkapelle library until end of 18th century, then transferred to ducal court library, whose holdings formed foundation of present Bayerische Staatsbibliothek.

Artists/Scribes

Person: Senfl, Ludwig
Person type: scribe
Note: Possibly copied by Ludwig Senfl <a href="/bibliography/#entry364" data-tooltip="" class="has-tip tip-top reference" data-placement="top" rel="tooltip" data-original-title="" title="Bente, Martin, Neue Wege der Quellenkritik und die Biographie Ludwig Senfls (Wiesbaden, 1968) "><i class="fa fa-book"></i>Bente 1968</a>, although this ascription is now considered doubtful.

Bibliography

Bente 1968, Lerner 1974–, Maier 1879, Schmitz et al. 1955–, Staehelin 1977, Todd 1978, Wagner 1913, Wolf 1963, Wolff 1956

Basis for description: original

Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 3 (olim H.C.1; = MaiM 8), All folios

Physical description

Material: paper

Number of leaves: 235

Format: upright

Page dimensions: 565 x 395

Quire structure: Text version

Title page / Frontispiece: front cover: 'Liber Quinque / vocum Isac / auctore'
f. 1r : 'Liber Missarum insignium Quinque vocum Henrico Yzac Auctore.'
f. 2r: Coat of arms of Baden, presumably associated with Maria Jacobäa (daughter of Philipp I, Margrave of Baden), who married Wilhelm IV, Duke of Bavaria, in 1522.

Other devices: 1. Modern pencil foliation recto top right, 1-235 (by J. J. Maier).

Page details (zoom):

Preparation and Copying

All folios

Preparation

Disposition of Voice Parts Key

Pricking normally
Ruled grid rarely,
Single line to left and right. Staves ruled flexibly to accommodate music
Ruling pattern fairly irregular
Staves omitted from grid n/a
Incomplete staves sometimes,
length of staves adjusted to amount of music
Medium and colour of grid Frequency Folios Note
lead point always
Colour of staves Frequency Folios Note
black always
Ruling medium Frequency Folios Note
single rastrum always
Indentation for initials Frequency Folios Note
single always first stave of each voice-part normally indented for voice-names (no initials)
Extra space between voice parts Frequency Folios Note
variable space, not on grid normally
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 black
Type(s) of notation void mensural
Type of notation note rhomboid-shaped notation
Monophonic notation absent
Level of calligraphy high
Text 1
Types of script display script
Level of calligraphy high
Colour(s) of text black red blue green dark red
Mass titles, voice names and text incipits in red. Limited use of colours other than black, following coloured initials
Text 2
Types of script textura
Level of calligraphy high
Colour(s) of text black
Multiple texts no
Liminary text Voice designations in red ink, following initials or upright in indentations; Tacet inscriptions nd cross-references, in red and black ink; mass titles and occasionally composer ascriptions, in red ink

Decoration

Level of Decoration fair
Decoration miniature frequency Folios Size position Description Discrepancies
rarely 2r full page Coat of arms of Baden, presumably associated with Maria Jacobäa (daughter of Philipp I, Margrave of Baden), who married Wilhelm IV, Duke of Bavaria, in 1522
Decoration initial type Frequency Folios Initial type(s) Size position Description Discrepancies
penned initials sometimes calligraphic , flourished Inked calligraphic initials, either cadel-type or simple large capitals, in black, red, blue, green, and plum