Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 39 (olim H.C.41; = MaiM 64), All folios
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: 257
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 430 x 305
Quire structure: Text version
Title page / Frontispiece: ‘Dominicarum dierum / Hyemarum / Liber’ (on front pastedown)
Other devices: 1. Modern pencil foliation recto top right, 1-255 (by J. J. Maier) (many folios lack numbers, but all included in enumeration except last folio; "174" applied to two consecutive folios).
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
All foliosPreparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | normally |
Ruled grid |
normally,
except ff. 246-255 |
Ruling pattern | fairly regular |
Staves omitted from grid | often |
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 | ||
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
black | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single | normally | for visual separation only | |
none | sometimes | for visual separation only | |
double | rarely | for visual separation only | |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
staves not ruled on grid | normally | ||
variable space, not on grid | occasionally | 246v-255r | |
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, often rounded |
Monophonic notation |
present
chant incipits, occasionally |
Level of calligraphy | high |
Line fillers | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|
occasionally | extended final longae |
Text
Types of script | textura |
Types of script note | often with strong cursive elements |
Level of calligraphy | high |
Colour(s) of text | black |
Multiple texts |
yes
254v-255r |
Text repetitions | few |
Abbreviations | some |
Non underlaid vocal text | none |
Liminary text | Liturgical rubrics (in black ink); voice designations, occasionally; tacet inscriptions and canonic inscriptions, rarely. |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | poor |