Manuscript: Regensburg, Germany, Bischöfliche Zentralbibliothek, MS C 120 (olim D XII)

Manuscript type: choirbook

RISM siglum: D-Rp C120

DIAMM Source Key: 2435

Folio(s): All folios

Date: Early 1520s

Early 1520s (Staehelin 1977); c. 1518-21 (Birkendorf 1994).

Location of origin: Augsburg, Germany

Provenance

Early 1520s (Staehelin 1977). According to Birkendorf 1994, started at the court chapel of Maximilian I and completed at the convent of St. Anna in Augsbug in 1520-1. Early (but probably not original) owner was Peter Pernner (inscriptions on p. 1: "Petrus pernner est meus possessor"; "Mein fruntlichen grues bist von mier mein lieber fra[n]cisc[us?] …"; "Meinen besunndern guetem frannt peter pernner gehört das gesangpuech zu seinen Hanndenn"). Owned in 19th century by Johann Georg Mettenleiter, director of Old Chapel choir in Regensburg, and by Johann's brother Dominicus; came into Proske collection after Dominicus' death in 1868.

Regensburg, Germany, Bischöfliche Zentralbibliothek, MS C 120 (olim D XII), All folios

Physical description

Material: paper

Number of leaves: 171

Format: upright

Page dimensions: 300 x 215

Quire structure: Text version

Title page / Frontispiece: p. 1: various ownership remarks (see [[Birkendorf 1994]])

Other devices: 1. Modern library pagination, pencil top outer corners, 1-343

Page details (zoom):

Preparation and Copying

16v-41r

Preparation

Disposition of Voice Parts Key

Pricking	never
Ruled grid	always, fold to left and right, no lines for text
Ruling pattern	highly regular ruled freehand, quite even
Staves omitted from grid	never
Incomplete staves	never

Medium and colour of grid	Frequency	Folios	Note
fold	always
Colour of staves	Frequency	Folios	Note
brown	always
Ruling medium	Frequency	Folios	Note
single rastrum	always
Indentation for initials	Frequency	Folios	Note
single	always		stave 1 and 6 indented, c. 40-70 mm. Where a voice begins on an unindented stave, music and text indented by the same amount.
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
other	sometimes		indent filled in when voice disposition differs from standard D T \| A B
notation and staves extended into margin	rarely

Copying of text and music

Language(s)	Latin
Higlighting	none
Order of Copying	music first always

Presence/absence of text	Voice part	Frequency
untexted	all voice parts	sometimes
fully texted with one text	tenor	normally
fully texted with one text	discantus	rarely

Music

Colour(s) of notation	brown
Type(s) of notation	void mensural
Type of notation note	very slender teardrop shape with stem out of notehead (Birkendorf C)
Monophonic notation	absent
Level of calligraphy	fair

Later changes	Folios
corrections, occasionally

Text

Types of script	cursive (German)
Level of calligraphy	poor
Colour(s) of text	brown
Multiple texts	no
Text repetitions	none
Abbreviations	fairly few
Non underlaid vocal text	none
Liminary text	tacet instructions, rare

Decoration

Level of Decoration	very poor

Decoration initial type	Frequency	Folios	Initial type(s)	Size position	Description	Discrepancies
initials planned	always			indent over staves apparently for initials, but none executed and no initials missing in underlaid text

2r-16r

Preparation

Disposition of Voice Parts Key

Pricking	never
Ruled grid	always, fold to left and right, no lines for text
Ruling pattern	highly regular all, ruled freehand, quite even
Staves omitted from grid	never
Incomplete staves	never, Notation stops in middle of stave when music ends.

Medium and colour of grid	Frequency	Folios	Note
fold	always
Colour of staves	Frequency	Folios	Note
brown	always
Ruling medium	Frequency	Folios	Note
single rastrum	always
Indentation for initials	Frequency	Folios	Note
single	always		Stave 1 and 6 indented, c. 40-70mm. Where a voice begins on an unindented stave, music and text indented by the same amount.
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
other	sometimes		Indent filled in when voice disposition differs from standard D T \| A B
notation and staves extended into margin	rarely
made for complete additional staves	rarely	3r

Copying of text and music

Language(s)	French, German, Latin
Higlighting	none
Order of Copying	music first always, all

Presence/absence of text	Voice part	Frequency
fully texted with one text	tenor	rarely
untexted	all voice parts	often
provided with single incipit	all voice parts	sometimes

Music

Colour(s) of notation	brown
Type(s) of notation	void mensural
Type of notation note	void mensural, all, teardrop shape with stem out of notehead (Birkendorf A/B)
Monophonic notation	absent
Level of calligraphy	fair

Line fillers	Folios	Note
sometimes		repeated custodes
Later changes	Folios
corrections through erasure, occasionally

Text

Types of script	cursive (German)
Level of calligraphy	poor
Colour(s) of text	brown
Multiple texts	no
Text repetitions	none
Abbreviations	few
Non underlaid vocal text	none
Liminary text	Composer ascriptions, sometimes; Voice designations, sometimes; Titles, rarely
Later changes	p. 28-29 text following incipit added later

Decoration

Level of Decoration	poor

Decoration initial type	Frequency	Folios	Initial type(s)	Size position	Description	Discrepancies
initials planned	often				many indentations empty, especially in untexted pieces
penned initials	rarely		plain initials		with basic penwork

41v-42r

Preparation

Disposition of Voice Parts Key

Pricking	never
Ruled grid	always, fold to left and right, no lines for text
Ruling pattern	fairly regular 12 pentagrams, achieved by extending the standard pattern of the surrounding pages
Staves omitted from grid	never
Incomplete staves	never

Medium and colour of grid	Frequency	Folios	Note
fold	always
Colour of staves	Frequency	Folios	Note
brown	always
Ruling medium	Frequency	Folios	Note
single rastrum	always
Indentation for initials	Frequency	Folios	Note
single	always		indentations of pre-ruled staves filled in freehand
Extra space between voice parts	Frequency	Folios	Note
none	always
Space provided for separate text	Frequency	Folios	Note
no separate text	always
Adhoc adaptation	Frequency	Folios	Note
other	always		indentations of pre-ruled staves filled in freehand

Copying of text and music

Language(s)	Latin
Higlighting	none
Order of Copying	music first always

Presence/absence of text	Voice part	Frequency	Folios	Note
provided with single incipit	all voice parts	always

Music

Colour(s) of notation	brown
Type(s) of notation	void mensural
Type of notation note	teardrop shape with stem out of notehead (Birkendorf A)
Monophonic notation	absent
Level of calligraphy	fair

Later changes	Folios
corrections, occasionally

Text

Types of script	cursive (German)
Level of calligraphy	poor
Colour(s) of text	brown
Multiple texts	no
Text repetitions	n/a
Abbreviations	none
Non underlaid vocal text	none
Liminary text	none

Decoration

Level of Decoration	n/a

42v-43r, 57v-80v, 82r-85v

Preparation

Disposition of Voice Parts Key

Pricking	never
Ruled grid	always, fold to left and right, no lines for text
Ruling pattern	highly regular ruled freehand, very even
Staves omitted from grid	never
Incomplete staves	never

Medium and colour of grid	Frequency	Folios	Note
fold	always
Colour of staves	Frequency	Folios	Note
brown	always
Ruling medium	Frequency	Folios	Note
single rastrum	always
Indentation for initials	Frequency	Folios	Note
single	always		stave 1 and 6 indented, c. 40-70 mm. Where a voice begins on an unindented stave, music and text indented by the same amount.
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
other	sometimes		Indent filled in when voice disposition differs from standard D B \| A T
notation and staves extended into margin	rarely
made for complete additional staves	rarely	74v-75r	extended by 2 staves at bottom, staves extended to accommodate longer piece

Copying of text and music

Language(s)	German, Latin
Higlighting	none
Order of Copying	music first always

Presence/absence of text	Voice part	Frequency	Folios	Note
fully texted with one text	tenor	rarely
partially texted with one text	all voice parts	occasionally
provided with single incipit	all voice parts	often
fully texted with one text	all voice parts	occasionally	63v-66r	full text added by later hand (fol. 63v B only incipit, fol. 65v B untexted)

Music

Colour(s) of notation	brown
Type(s) of notation	void mensural
Type of notation note	very slender teardrop shape with stem out of notehead (Birkendorf A)
Monophonic notation	absent
Level of calligraphy	fair
Level of calligraphy folios	all

Line fillers	Folios	Note
sometimes		repeated custodes
Later changes	Folios
corrections, occasionally

Text

Types of script	cursive (German)
Level of calligraphy	poor
Colour(s) of text	brown
Multiple texts	no
Text repetitions	none
Abbreviations	few
Non underlaid vocal text	none
Liminary text	Composer ascriptions, occasionally; Voice designations, sometimes; Rubrics, occasionally
Later changes	much underlaid and liminary text added by a later hand in black ink (Birkendorf F)

Decoration

Level of Decoration	n/a

43v-57r

Preparation

Disposition of Voice Parts Key

Pricking	never
Ruled grid	always, fold to left and right, no lines for text
Ruling pattern	highly regular all, 10 pentagrams, ruled freehand, quite even
Staves omitted from grid	never
Incomplete staves	never

Medium and colour of grid	Frequency	Folios	Note
fold	always	all
Colour of staves	Frequency	Folios	Note
brown	always
Ruling medium	Frequency	Folios	Note
single rastrum	always
Indentation for initials	Frequency	Folios	Note
single	always		stave 1 and 6 indented, c. 40-70 mm. Where a voice begins where no indented stave, music and text indented by the same amount
Extra space between voice parts	Frequency	Folios	Note
left between voice parts as part of grid	often
Space provided for separate text	Frequency	Folios	Note
no separate text	never
Adhoc adaptation	Frequency	Folios	Note
other	sometimes		indent filled in when voice disposition differs from standard DT\|AB or DB\|AT
notation and staves extended into margin	rarely		staves extended into margin to accommodate notation

Copying of text and music

Language(s)	Latin
Higlighting	none
Order of Copying	music first always, all

Presence/absence of text	Voice part	Frequency	Folios	Note
fully texted with one text	all voice parts	normally
partially texted with one text	all voice parts	rarely		T and B fully, D and A incipits only

Music

Colour(s) of notation	brown
Colour of notation folios	all
Type(s) of notation	void mensural
Type of notation folios	all
Type of notation note	very slender teardrop shape with stem out of notehead (Birkendorf A)
Monophonic notation	absent
Level of calligraphy	fair
Level of calligraphy folios	all

Non verbal performance instructions	Folios	Note
none
Line fillers	Folios	Note
sometimes		some repeated custodes
Later changes	Folios
corrections, occasionally

Text

Types of script	cursive
Level of calligraphy	poor, all, low
Colour(s) of text	brown
Multiple texts	no
Text repetitions	none
Abbreviations	few
Non underlaid vocal text	none
Liminary text	Composer ascriptions, occasionally Voice designations, sometimes Rubrics, occasionally
Later changes	much underlaid and liminary text added by a later hand in black ink (Birkendorf F)

Decoration

Level of Decoration	n/a

Decoration initial type	Frequency	Folios	Initial type(s)	Size position	Description	Discrepancies
initials planned	always				indent over staves apparently for initials, but none executed and no initials missing in underlaid text

81r-v, 86r-v (outer bifolium of quire 14)

Preparation

Disposition of Voice Parts Key

Pricking	never
Ruled grid	always, fold to left and right, no lines for text
Ruling pattern	highly regular ruled freehand, very even
Staves omitted from grid	never
Incomplete staves	never

Medium and colour of grid	Frequency	Folios	Note
fold	always
Colour of staves	Frequency	Folios	Note
brown	always
Ruling medium	Frequency	Folios	Note
single rastrum	always
Indentation for initials	Frequency	Folios	Note
single	always		stave 1 and 6 indented, c. 20-25 mm.
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
other	sometimes		Indent filled in when voice disposition differs from standard D B \| A T

Copying of text and music

Language(s)	Latin
Higlighting	none
Order of Copying	music first always

Presence/absence of text	Voice part	Frequency	Folios	Note
provided with single incipit	all voice parts	normally
fully texted with one text	tenor	rarely	82r

Music

Colour(s) of notation	brown
Type(s) of notation	void mensural
Type of notation note	teardrop shape with stem out of notehead (Birkendorf A)
Monophonic notation	absent
Level of calligraphy	poor

Later changes	Folios
corrections, occasionally

Text

Types of script	cursive (German)
Level of calligraphy	poor
Colour(s) of text	brown
Multiple texts	no
Text repetitions	none
Abbreviations	some
Non underlaid vocal text	none
Liminary text	none
Later changes	incipits and rubric on fol. 82v added by a later hand (Birkendorf F)

Decoration

Level of Decoration	n/a

87-171

Preparation

Disposition of Voice Parts Key

Pricking	never
Ruled grid	always, fold to left and right, no lines for text
Ruling pattern	highly regular all, ruled freehand, very even
Staves omitted from grid	never
Incomplete staves	never

Medium and colour of grid	Frequency	Folios	Note
fold	always
Colour of staves	Frequency	Folios	Note
black	always
Ruling medium	Frequency	Folios	Note
single rastrum	always
Indentation for initials	Frequency	Folios	Note
single	always		stave 1 and 6 indented, c. 20-25 mm.
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
other	sometimes		indent filled in when voice disposition differs from standard D B \| A T

Copying of text and music

Language(s)	French, German, Latin
Higlighting	none
Order of Copying	music first always

Presence/absence of text	Voice part	Frequency	Folios	Note
provided with single incipit	all voice parts	normally		sometimes missing in T and/or B

Music

Colour(s) of notation	black
Type(s) of notation	void mensural
Type of notation note	teardrop shape with stem out of notehead, sometimes slightly leaning backwards (Birkendorf E)
Monophonic notation	absent
Level of calligraphy	fair

Later changes	Folios
corrections, occasionally

Text

Types of script	cursive (German)
Level of calligraphy	poor
Colour(s) of text	black
Multiple texts	no
Text repetitions	n/a
Abbreviations	few
Non underlaid vocal text	none
Liminary text	Composer ascriptions, normally

Decoration

Level of Decoration	n/a

PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

Provenance

Artists/Scribes

Regensburg, Germany, Bischöfliche Zentralbibliothek, MS C 120 (olim D XII), All folios

Physical description

Preparation and Copying

Preparation

Disposition of Voice Parts Key

Copying of text and music

Music

Text

Decoration

Preparation

Disposition of Voice Parts Key

Copying of text and music

Music

Text

Decoration

Preparation

Disposition of Voice Parts Key

Copying of text and music

Music

Text

Decoration

Preparation

Disposition of Voice Parts Key

Copying of text and music

Music

Text

Decoration

Preparation

Disposition of Voice Parts Key

Copying of text and music

Music

Text

Decoration

Preparation

Disposition of Voice Parts Key

Copying of text and music

Music

Text

Decoration

Preparation

Disposition of Voice Parts Key

Copying of text and music

Music

Text

Decoration