Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Cappella Giulia XII 2 (olim C.48), All folios
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: i + 261 + i
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 550 x 425
Quire structure: Text version
Other devices: 1. Original foliation, brown ink recto top right, xv-xlix (= 1-35), lxxvii-cvi (= 36-55), cxxv-clix (= 56-87, 87bis, 88-89), clxxv-ccvi and 207-345 (= 90-260).
2. Modern foliation pencil recto bottom right, 1-260 (one uncounted folio after f. 87).
3. front pastedown: number '48' on label pasted in, below that 'VIIII' large in pencil; on front endpaper, bottom centre: 'C' in red ink
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
1-121, 170-260Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | none visible |
Ruled grid |
always,
single line to left and right, occasionally also lines for text |
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 | sometimes | 24.5 + 25 mm | |
single rastrum | sometimes | 26 mm | |
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
double | always | top two staves c. 3-4 cm deep; sometimes 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 | normally | ||
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
no separate text | always | ||
Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
notation extended into margin | occasionally | custodes normally |
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 | normally |
Music
Colour(s) of notation | black |
Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
Type of notation note | even rhomboid shape with straight, tapered stems |
Monophonic notation | absent |
Level of calligraphy | high |
Non verbal performance instructions | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|
signes-de-renvoi | sometimes |
Text
Types of script | cursive |
Types of script size position | various styles depending on scribe, some more French (batarde-like), some more Italianate |
Level of calligraphy | high |
Colour(s) of text | black |
Multiple texts | no |
Text repetitions | few |
Abbreviations | some |
Non underlaid vocal text | none |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | fair |
Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
penned initials | normally | calligraphic | cadels, moderately ornate. Referring to sung text in all voices |
Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | none visible |
Ruled grid |
always,
single line to left and right, text on single line, present throughout |
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 |
---|---|---|---|
lead point | always | ||
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
brown | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
double rastrum | always | 24 + 25 mm 20.5 mm apart | |
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
double | always | Top two staves c. 4-6 cm deep. 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 | normally | ||
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
no separate text | always | ||
Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
notation and staves extended into margin | rarely | ||
notation extended into margin | rarely | custodes 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 | normally |
Music
Colour(s) of notation | black |
Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
Type of notation note | even rhomboid shape with heads and stems slightly leaning counterclockwise |
Monophonic notation | absent |
Level of calligraphy | high |
Text
Types of script | cursive (Italianate) |
Level of calligraphy | high |
Colour(s) of text | black |
Multiple texts | no |
Text repetitions | few |
Abbreviations | few |
Non underlaid vocal text | none |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | fair |
Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
penned initials | normally | calligraphic | cadels, quite simple. Referring to sung text in all voices |