Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Germ. 8º 190, All folios
Physical description
Material: parchment
Number of leaves: 186
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 165 x 110
Quire structure: Text version
Colophon: f. 184v: 'Vincentius Traiecti'
Non-musical texts: mostly poems without musical notation
Other devices: 1. Original quire signatures, A-Z (starting on fol. 4), large black ink, bottom right
2. Modern library foliation (19th century?), black ink top right, 1-184 (ff. 185-186 not foliated)
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
4-34, 39-72Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking |
always,
mostly visible at top and bottom, none left and right |
Ruled grid |
always,
single line to left and right, no horizontal ruling for text |
Ruling pattern |
highly regular
all, basic pattern of 6 tetragrams, integrated into continuum of copying textual and musical sections; first voice begins where text ends, always at the beginning of a line. Second (and third) voice begins directly after preceding voice ends, either at beginning of next stave or in the middle of the current stave |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves |
often,
Stave ends in middle of line where music ends; rest of the line filled by verbal text |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
light brown ink | always | ||
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
brown | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single | sometimes | indentation of ruled staves rare; music and text normally indented over 1 stave to accommodate initials at beginning of voice parts | |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
none | never | ||
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
provided, in dedicated space | always | Often remainder of text of previous song above the notated music or beginning of following song (or subsequent stanzas) below it | |
Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
notation and staves extended into margin | often |
Copying of text and music
Language(s) | German, Latin |
---|---|
Higlighting | Initial letters of stanzas under music highlighted alternating in in red and blue |
Order of Copying |
text first
always, all |
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 | full mensural, void mensural, German hufnagel |
Monophonic notation |
present
pervasive as alternative to polyphony |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Text
Types of script | textura |
Types of script note | with cursive elements |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Colour(s) of text | black |
Multiple texts | no |
Text repetitions | none |
Abbreviations | some |
Non underlaid vocal text |
additional
additional stanzas, frequent; often written over ruled staves |
Liminary text | rubrics, normally |
Later changes | added text, occasionally |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | poor |
Decoration miniature frequency | Folios | Size position | Description | Discrepancies | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
never | ||||||
Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
painted initials | never | plain initials | large monochrome initials ('Lombards', alternating red and blue) over one-line indentation or gap at the beginning of every voice part |
Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | never |
Ruled grid | never |
Ruling pattern |
fairly irregular
2-7 tetragrams, stavelines drawn without a ruler, very uneven |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves | never |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
n/a | never | ||
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
black | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
freehand | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single | always | music and text indented over 1 stave to accommodate initial at beginning of voice part | |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
none | never | ||
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
provided, in dedicated space | always | additional stanzas following music |
Copying of text and music
Language(s) | Latin |
---|---|
Order of Copying |
text first
always, all |
Presence/absence of text | Voice part | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
fully texted with one text | all voice parts | always |
Music
Colour(s) of notation | brown |
Type(s) of notation | German hufnagel |
Monophonic notation | absent |
Level of calligraphy | poor |
Text
Types of script | textura |
Types of script note | often with cursive elements |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Colour(s) of text | brown |
Multiple texts | no |
Text repetitions | none |
Abbreviations | some |
Non underlaid vocal text |
additional
additional stanzas starting on fol. 79r |
Liminary text | rubrics, normally |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | poor |
Decoration miniature frequency | Folios | Size position | Description | Discrepancies | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
never | ||||||
Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
painted initials | always | plain initials | red monochrome initials in left margin at beginning of voice parts |