Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 65 (olim H.C. 48; = MaiM 5), All folios
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: ii + 200 + ii
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 421 x 283
Quire structure: Text version
Other devices: 1. Modern pencil foliation recto top right, 1-202 (by J. J. Maier) (includes front flyleaves).
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
All foliosPreparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | none visible |
Ruled grid |
normally,
single line to left and right |
Ruling pattern |
fairly regular
Staves normally ruled on a 8-line grid, but sometimes free |
Staves omitted from grid | occasionally |
Incomplete staves |
often,
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 | occasionally | for (unexecuted) initials at beginnig of pieces and main sections | |
single | normally | on most openings for every voice, ether to accommodate (unexecuted) initials or voice names or (more frequently) for visual separation only | |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
variable space, not on grid | occasionally | ||
staves not ruled 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 | always |
Music
Colour(s) of notation | black |
Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
Type of notation note | rhomboid-shaped notation, often narrow and sloped backwards |
Monophonic notation | absent |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Text
Types of script | textura |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Colour(s) of text | black |
Multiple texts | no |
Text repetitions | fairly few |
Abbreviations | fairly few |
Non underlaid vocal text | none |
Liminary text | Composer ascriptions, and titles, sometimes. Tacet and canonic inscriptions, occasionally. |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | poor |
Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
penned initials | rarely | 44v-45r | calligraphic | cadel-type initials, for text in D and for voice names in other voices | ||
initials planned | normally | Lagre initials clearly planned for beginning of pieces and main sections, first letter of sung text in D and of voice name in others. |