Perugia, Italy, Biblioteca Comunale Augusta, MS 3314 (I.M. 1079 (1-3)), All folios
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: D: 21
Format: oblong
Page dimensions: 160 x 230
Index / Table of Contents: Original index of Festa madrigals on new f. 15 lists pieces in order of appearance.
Non-musical texts: "Hieronymi Muti de pappazuris" (inscription on first folio).
Other devices: 1. Modern pencil foliation recto top right, 1-51, comprising both the print 1514/1 and the manuscript additions. Manuscript music on ff. 17-20 and 36-50.
2. Modern pencil foliation recto bottom right, comprising only the manuscript appendix at the end, 1-16.
3. Piece numbering ink at top of page, i-13 (mixed Roman and Arabic numerals), comprising only the first 13 pieces in the appendix
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
All foliosPreparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | none visible |
Ruled grid |
always,
single line to left and right, no lines for text |
Ruling pattern |
fairly regular
5 pentagrams, ruled freehand, sometimes uneven, not parallel, slightly varying in distance |
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 |
none | always | often music and text indented over ruled stave to accommodate initial | |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
empty ruled staves on grid | occasionally | to enable new piece to start on new page | |
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
no separate text | always | ||
Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
made for complete additional staves | rarely | 13v | |
staveline added | rarely | 2v | |
notation and staves extended into margin | rarely | ||
notation extended into margin | occasionally |
Copying of text and music
Language(s) | Italian, 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 | teardrop-shaped notation |
Monophonic notation | absent |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Line fillers | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|
sometimes | extended final longs and end-symbols at the end of pieces |
Text
Types of script | cursive (italic) |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Colour(s) of text | black brown |
Multiple texts | no |
Text repetitions | some |
Abbreviations | few |
Non underlaid vocal text | none |
Liminary text | Composer names, normally. Verte, rarely |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | poor |
Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
penned initials | sometimes | calligraphic , decorated with grotesque heads, plain initials | moderately elaborate initials, some with faces | |||
initials planned | often | |||||
Other decoration frequency | Folios | Other decoration type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies | |
often | decorative final long, embellished final barline, end-symbol |