Siena, Italy, Biblioteca Comunale degli Intronati, MS K. 1.2, 1-207
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: iii + 216
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 445 x 292
Quire structure: Text version
Index / Table of Contents: Early table of contents, f. iir-v, continued on 1r; up to f. 207.
Other devices: 1. Early red ink foliation recto top right, 1-136, continued in another early hand (the same who did the table of contents) 137-207, with lacunae as described in quire structure.
2. Quire signatures recto top right, 3 (= f. 20) - 13 (= 105), illegible under ff. 113 and 130, 18=137, 19=148, 20=156, 21=166, 22=176, 23=186 (overwritten by old foliation), 24=188, 25=199.
3. Quire signatures recto bottom right: letters and folio numbers. Very often trimmed off so no real conclusions possible.
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
All foliosPreparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Signe de renvoi
| Pricking |
always,
pricking holes for the top line of each pair of staves (2, 4, 6, 8), in outer margins; none for top stave. Vertical bounding lines pricked at top and bottom |
| Ruled grid |
always,
single vertical bounding lines; no text lines |
| 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 |
| brown | always | ||
| Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| double and single rastra | always | double and single rastrum (1+2+2+2+2 from top to bottom) | |
| Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| single | normally | Stave 1, c. 30 mm. Music and text for lower voices indented over ruled staves, sometimes. | |
| Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| empty ruled staves on grid | normally | ||
| Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| not in dedicated space | sometimes | 29v; 46v; 47v; 48v; 49v; 51v; 53v; 54v; 56v; 57v; 58v; 86v; 87r; 96v; 97r; 153v; 169v; 182v; 188v; 189v; 190v; 191v; 205v; 206v; 207r | 29v: text for stanzas 4 and 6 written out in full below the cantus part. 46v: text for stanzas 4 and 6 written out in full below the cantus part. 47v: text for stanzas 4 and 6 written out in full below the cantus part. 48v: text for stanza 4 written out in full below the cantus part. 49v: text for stanza 4 written out in full below the cantus part. 51v: text for stanza 4 written out in full below the cantus part. 53v: text for stanzas 4 and 6 written out in full below the cantus part. 54v: text for stanzas 4 and 6 written out in full below the cantus part 56v - i) text for stanzas 4 and 6 written out in full below the cantus part; ii) 'Amen' in the space between the second and third staves. 57v: text for stanzas 4 and 6 written out in full below the cantus part. 58v: text for stanzas 4 and 6 written out in full below the cantus part. 86v and 87r: “Sicut erat in principio / Super fecit potentiam” written in blank staves below cantus and altus parts. 96v-97r: text for stanzas 4 and 6 written out in full below the cantus part. Text for stanzas 2, 4, 6, and 7 from another hymn, Tristes errant Apostoli, written out in full below the altus part. 12?v: text provided for another stanza, Ab angelis. 153v - text (? as to kind) on second stave of upper voice part. 169v - multiple text underlay (Christe and Kyrie eleison). 182v - multiple texts (stave 8). 188v: text for stanzas 4 and 6 written out in full below the cantus part (underlaid and on blank stave). 189v: text for stanza 4 written out in full below the cantus part (underlaid). 190v: text for stanza 4 written out in full below the tenor part (underlaid). 191v: text for stanza 4 written out in full below the cantus part. Text for stanza 6 written out in full below the tenor part. 205v-207v: text for stanza 9 written out below the cantus and tenor parts (underlaid). |
| Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| notation and staves extended into margin | often | ||
| made for complete additional staves | rarely | 187v-188r | |
| partial additional staves | rarely | 192v, 193v | |
| notation extended into margin | often |
Copying of text and music
| Language(s) | |
|---|---|
| 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 | brown |
| Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
| Type of notation note | rounded rhomboid or teardrop shape, various (different scribes) |
| Monophonic notation |
present
1v, 3v, 5v, 7v, 9v, 12v, 13v, 15v, 17v, 18v, 20v, 24v, 26v, 30v, 32v, 34v, 35v, 37v, 39v, 41v, 61v, 199v, 200v, 201v, 203v, 204v., Mensural chant for the incipits of hymns. |
| Level of calligraphy | fair |
| Non verbal performance instructions | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|
| space-filler | ||
| signes-de-renvoi | 16v, 17v | |
| pointers | 203v |
Text
| Types of script | cursive (humanistic) |
| Level of calligraphy | fair |
| Colour(s) of text | brown |
| Multiple texts |
yes
52v; 188v; 189v; 190v; 205v-207v., 52v: text for stanza 4 written out in full beneath the cantus part (underlaid). 188v: text for stanzas 4 and 6 written out in full beneath the cantus part (underlaid and on blank stave). 189v: text for stanza 4 written out in full beneath the cantus part (underlaid). 190v: text for stanza 4 written out in full beneath the tenor part (underlaid). 205v-207v: text for stanza 9 written out under the cantus and tenor parts (underlaid). |
| Non underlaid vocal text |
additional
29v; 46v; 47v; 48v; 49v; 51v; 52v; 53v; 54v; 56v; 57v; 58v; 86v; 87r; 96v; 97r; 12?v; 188v; 189v; 190v; 191v; 205v; 206v; 207r., 29v: text for stanzas 4 and 6 written out in full beneath the cantus part. 46v: text for stanzas 4 and 6 written out in full beneath the cantus part. 47v: text for stanzas 4 and 6 written out in full beneath the cantus part. 48v: text for stanza 4 written out in full beneath the cantus part. 49v: text for stanza 4 written out in full beneath the cantus part. 51v: text for stanza 4 written out in full beneath the cantus part. 52v: text for stanza 4 written out in full beneath the cantus part (underlaid). 53v: text for stanzas 4 and 6 written out in full beneath the cantus part. 54v: text for stanzas 4 and 6 written out in full beneath the cantus part. 56v: text for stanzas 4 and 6 written out in full beneath the cantus part. 57v: text for stanzas 4 and 6 written out in full beneath the cantus part. 58v: text for stanzas 4 and 6 written out in full beneath the cantus part. 86v and 87r: “Sicut erat in principio / Super fecit potentiam” written in blank staves beneath cantus and altus parts. 96v-97r: text for stanzas 4 and 6 written out in full beneath the cantus part. Text for stanzas 2, 4, 6, and 7 from another hymn, Tristes errant Apostoli, written out in full below the altus part. 188v: text for stanzas 4 and 6 written out in full beneath the cantus part (underlaid and on blank stave). 189v: text for stanza 4 written out in full beneath the cantus part (underlaid). 190v: text for stanza 4 written out in full beneath the tenor part (underlaid). 191v: text for stanza 4 written out in full beneath the cantus part. Text for stanza 6 written out in full beneath the tenor part. 205v-207v: text for stanza 9 written out under the cantus and tenor parts (underlaid). |
Decoration
| Level of Decoration | very poor |
| Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| penned initials | occasionally | |||||
| initials planned | normally |