Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 36 (olim H.C.44; = MaiM 61), All folios
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: 214
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 470 x 330
Quire structure: Text version
Title page / Frontispiece: F. 1r: 'EN Opus Musicum festorum dierum aestiualium ... Anno a Christo nato M.D.XXXI.'
Other devices: 1. Modern pencil foliation recto top right, 1-213 (J. J. Maier) (omits one folio following f. 96).
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
All foliosPreparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Signe de renvoi
| Pricking | none visible |
| 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 |
often,
length of staves adjusted to amount of music |
| Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| hard point and lead point | always | on rectos only | |
| Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| black | always | ||
| Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| single rastrum | always | ||
| Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| double | occasionally | ||
| single | normally | for voice-names at beginning of pieces, elsewhere for visual separation only | |
| Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| variable space, not 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 | normally | ||
| fully texted with two texts | all voice parts | rarely |
Music
| Colour(s) of notation | black |
| Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
| Type of notation note | rhomboid-shaped notation |
| Monophonic notation |
present
chant incipits, occasionally |
| Level of calligraphy | high |
| Non verbal performance instructions | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|
| signa congruentiae | rarely |
Text 1
| Types of script | textura |
| Level of calligraphy | high |
| Colour(s) of text | black |
| Multiple texts |
yes
120v-121r |
| Text repetitions | few |
| Abbreviations | few |
| Non underlaid vocal text | none |
| Liminary text | Liturgical rubrics (in red ink); voice designations (at beginning of pieces incorporating initials, sometimes written throughout); composer ascriptions, normally (in red ink); tacet inscriptions |
Text 2
| Types of script | display script |
| Types of script size position | Voice designations (in indentations), composer ascriptions, some liturgical rubrics |
| Level of calligraphy | high |
| Colour(s) of text | red |
| Multiple texts | no |
Decoration
| Level of Decoration | fair |
| Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| penned initials | sometimes | calligraphic | At beginning of every cycle, either large capitals or cadel-type initials, in various colours, referring to voice-names |