Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 53 (olim H.C.49; = MaiM 12), All folios
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: 217
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 465 x 325
Quire structure: Text version
Other devices: Modern pencil foliation recto top right, 1-217 (by J. J. Maier).
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
All foliosPreparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | sometimes |
Ruled grid |
often,
single line to left and right |
Ruling pattern |
fairly regular
often broadly ruled on eight-line grid |
Staves omitted from grid | occasionally |
Incomplete staves | sometimes |
Note | length of staves adjusted to amount of music |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
hard point or 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 | sometimes | for missing initials (sung text in D, voice-names in other voices) | |
single | often | usually for visual separation only | |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
variable space, not on grid | sometimes | ||
staves not ruled on grid | sometimes | ||
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 | textura |
Level of calligraphy | high |
Colour(s) of text | black |
Multiple texts | no |
Abbreviations | some |
Non underlaid vocal text | none |
Liminary text | Voice designations (occasionally), composer ascriptions (normally), both in red |
Text 2
Types of script | display script |
Types of script size position | Voice designations, composer ascriptions |
Types of script note | textura |
Colour(s) of text | red |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | fair |
Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
painted initials | occasionally | 2v-3r, 47v-48r, 55v-56r, 74v-75r, 85v-86r, 99v-100r, 111v-112r, 119v-120r, 130v-131r, 139v-140r, 151v-152r, 162v-163r, 174v-175r, 182v-183r, 193v-194r, 205v-206r | decorated | initial letters for text underlay or voice-names in gold and silver on ground of dark, red, purple, green or black within frame of a different colour from the same palette | ||
initials planned | occasionally | for beginning of internal main sections, indicated by double indentation and first letter missing in discantus. |