Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Santa Maria Maggiore 26 (olim JJ.III.4), All folios
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: i + 283
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 550 x 425
Quire structure: Text version
Other devices: 1. Modern foliation pencil recto bottom centre, 1-283
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
All foliosPreparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Signe de renvoi
| Pricking | none visible |
| Ruled grid |
always,
single line to left and right, no lines for text (except 257v-283 with text between double lines 3-5 mm apart) |
| Ruling pattern |
highly regular
10 pentagrams, very even and parallel. |
| 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 |
| brown | always | ||
| Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| double rastrum | always | 24+24 mm (lower stave very slightly smaller than upper one) 20 mm apart | |
| Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| double | always | First two staves on every page, c. 4-6 cm deep; often filled in. Lower voices music and text indented over ruled staves to accommodate initials | |
| 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 |
| Indentation for initials filled in | often | ||
| notation and staves extended into margin | occasionally | ||
| notation extended into margin | often | custodes almost always in right margin |
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, variable shapes according to scribe |
| Monophonic notation | absent |
| Level of calligraphy | high |
| Non verbal performance instructions | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|
| signes-de-renvoi | sometimes | |
| signa congruentiae | rarely | |
| Line fillers | Folios | Note |
| often | repeated custodes, normally, sometimes even after final barline of a section |
Text
| Types of script | cursive |
| Types of script note | various types (several scribes) |
| Level of calligraphy |
fair,
variable |
| Colour(s) of text | black brown |
| Multiple texts |
no
occasionally cantus firmus text interleaved with ordinary text |
| Text repetitions | fairly few |
| Abbreviations | some |
| Non underlaid vocal text | none |
| Liminary text | Tacet and verte instructons, some. Voice designations rare (initials relate to sung text). |
Decoration
| Level of Decoration | fair |
| Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| painted initials | occasionally | |||||
| penned initials | sometimes | calligraphic | cadel-type, some very elaborate | |||
| initials planned | often |