Padua, Italy, Biblioteca Capitolare, MS A 17, All folios
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: 189
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 545 x 420
Quire structure: Text version
Index / Table of Contents: Original index on last folio lists motets by title, in approximate alphabetical order; a few partes listed separately.
Other devices: 1. Original ink foliation verso centre left, 1-188 ("60" repeated)
2. Modern pencil foliation recto bottom centre, 1-188 ("158" repeated).
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
All foliosPreparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | none visible |
Ruled grid |
normally,
single lines to left and right and single lines for text, after restoration only partially visible |
Ruling pattern |
fairly regular
usually |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves | never |
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 |
triple | rarely | 1v | |
none | normally | initials, voice-names and Residuum in left margin | |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
empty ruled staves on grid | often | ||
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
no separate text | always | ||
Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
notation and staves extended into margin | occasionally | ||
partial additional staves | rarely |
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 |
Non verbal performance instructions | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|
signes-de-renvoi | rarely |
Text
Types of script | hybrida |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Colour(s) of text | black |
Multiple texts | no |
Abbreviations | fairly few |
Non underlaid vocal text | none |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | poor |
Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
initials planned | rarely | 1v | three-line indentation at beginning of D | |||
penned initials | often | calligraphic | Moderately elaborate single-line cadel-type initials, where present most often only for D, there in indentation over ruled stave, for lower voices where present in left margin. Often partially trimmed off. | |||
Other decoration frequency | Folios | Other decoration type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies | |
often | littera notabilior | instead of initials in lower voices; first letters of voice-names |