Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 35 (olim H.C. 24; = MaiM 62), All folios
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: 207
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 465 x 320
Quire structure: Text version
Title page / Frontispiece: label pasted to front pastedown: 'Sanctorum dierum / Estiualium / Liber B'
Other devices: 1. Modern pencil foliation recto top right, 1-207 (by J. J. Maier).
2. Original quire marks (a-z, aa-dd) sometimes present, recto bottom right on first folio of quire.
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
All foliosPreparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | sometimes |
Ruled grid |
rarely,
Single line to left and right. |
Ruling pattern |
fairly irregular
Staves ruled flexibly to accommodate music |
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 |
double | rarely | ||
none | rarely | ||
single | normally | usually for visual separation only | |
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 | normally | ||
fully texted with two texts | all voice parts | occasionally |
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
Types of script | textura |
Level of calligraphy | high |
Colour(s) of text | black red 75v-86r second text in red ink where present |
Multiple texts |
yes
75v-86r |
Abbreviations | fairly few |
Liminary text | Liturgical rubrics (in red ink); voice designations (only at beginning of pieces, incorporating initials); composer ascriptions, normally (in red ink); tacet inscriptions |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | fair |
Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
penned initials | sometimes | 2v-3r, 25v-26r, 46v-47r, 70v-71r, 88v-89r, 111v-112r, 127v-128r, 160v-161r, 177v-178r, 191v-192r | calligraphic | simple initials in red, blue and green |