Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Arch. Cap. S. Pietro B.80, All folios
Physical description
Material: parchment
Number of leaves: ii + 249 + ii
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 357 x 255
Quire structure: Text version
Other devices: 1. Modern pagination pencil recto bottom right, 1-249; duplicated by stamped foliation, recto bottom centre, 1-247 (last two folios not included)
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Preparation and Copying
All foliosPreparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Signe de renvoi
| Pricking |
normally,
presumably top and bottom of all vertical bounding lines, but very many trimmed off; none visible for staves |
| Ruled grid |
always,
single line to left and right, no lines for text |
| Ruling pattern |
highly regular
9 pentagrams, very parallel and even |
| 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 |
| red | always | ||
| Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| single rastrum | always | ||
| Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| none | always | no indentation of text and music for initials which are in the left margin | |
| Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| empty ruled staves on grid | often | ||
| Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| not in dedicated space | rarely | in margins | |
| Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| made for complete additional staves | rarely | ||
| notation extended into margin | often | ||
| 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 | normally |
Music
| Colour(s) of notation | black |
| Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
| Type of notation note | slender and rounded rhomboid shape, noteheads, sometimes squatter at bottom than at top |
| Monophonic notation |
present
chant incipits in liturgical polyphony |
| Level of calligraphy | high |
| Non verbal performance instructions | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|
| signes-de-renvoi | occasionally | |
| signa congruentiae | occasionally |
Text
| Types of script | cursive |
| Level of calligraphy | fair |
| Colour(s) of text | black |
| Multiple texts | no |
| Text repetitions | some |
| Abbreviations | some |
| Non underlaid vocal text |
additional
rarely, added strophes |
| Liminary text | Canon instructions, occasionally (added later?). Voice names in lower voices in large display in margin or below music. |
Decoration
| Level of Decoration | fair |
| Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| penned initials | normally | calligraphic , flourished | D at the beginning of many pieces bicoloured initials, red and blue alternating with elaborate penwork along the margin. Elsewhere cadel-type initials, often also for voice names in lower voices, but less elaborate | |||
| penned initials | normally | calligraphic , flourished | D at the beginning of many pieces bicoloured initials, red and blue alternating with elaborate penflourishing along the margin. Elsewhere cadel-type initials, often also for voice names in lower voices, but less elaborate |