Turin, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria, MS Ris. mus I. 27 (olim Regia Biblioteca dell'Università, qm III. 59), All folios
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: v + 102 + iii
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 275 x 200
Quire structure: Text version
Other devices: 1. Early pagination, brown ink top right, 1 (=6), 8-99 (=10-101), partly trimmed off
2. Modern library foliation stamped in black bottom right, 1-2, 3-101, leaf between 2 and 3 not foliated
3. Quire signatures E(fol. 69), F(fol. 87)
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
All foliosPreparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | none visible |
Ruled grid |
always,
single line on left and right, no lines for text |
Ruling pattern |
fairly regular
9 pentagrams, ruled freehand, rather uneven in length between the grid lines; sometimes slightly not parallel, varying in distance |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves | never |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
hard point | always | ||
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
reddish brown | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single | normally | stave 1 mostly indented, c. 10-25 mm. Lower voices no indentation of text or music. | |
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 |
notation and staves extended into margin | sometimes |
Copying of text and music
Language(s) | French, Latin |
---|---|
Higlighting | none |
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 |
Colour of notation folios | all |
Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
Type of notation note | normally round, but sometimes angular up to alomost complete rhomboid shape (esp. f. 95-101), but all by same scribe |
Monophonic notation |
present
Intonations, occasionally, square notation as black breves |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Level of calligraphy note | low to medium |
Non verbal performance instructions | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|
signes-de-renvoi | Rare | |
Line fillers | Folios | Note |
few | many substantially extended final notes, but not obviously functioning as line-fillers | |
Later changes | Folios | |
Some additions on blank spaces or pages. The codex grew over time, possibly by putting together separate quires and adding music in the gaps thus created |
Text
Types of script | cursive (humanistic) |
Types of script size position | Italian cursive |
Level of calligraphy |
fair,
low to medium, very variable. Some texts possibly in different hand |
Colour(s) of text | brown |
Multiple texts |
yes
occasionally |
Text repetitions |
few
rare, even in Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei |
Abbreviations |
very many
frequent |
Non underlaid vocal text |
additional
9r, 13r-14r, 18v-19r |
Liminary text | Occasional composer ascriptions, titles, indication of liturgical function over staves. Voice designations as simple large capitals (S, T, A, B) in left margin, rarely written out. Occasional Tacet inscriptions, reduced voice designations ('Duo" etc.), performance instructions either above or in staves |
Later changes | Some texts seem added later where originally only incipit, possibly by different hand |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | poor |
Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
penned initials | normally | calligraphic , calligraphic with decoration | Simple capitals, some with very modest penwork or small faces, either in indent (D, A) or below stave in front of text | |||
Other decoration frequency | Folios | Other decoration type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies | |
occasionally | decorative final long |