Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), All folios
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: iii + 295 + ii
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 315 x 215
Quire structure: Text version
Index / Table of Contents: Original index on inside front cover and f. 1. Compiled by scribe Just Y (the compiler and owner), ordered by genre: 'Offitia' / 'Muteti et alia' / 'Magnificat' / Cantica. hymni. sequentie'. Within genres in the order of appearance in the manuscript. Additions by later hands on two small leaflets now bound into the codex and a small pasteover on fol. iv (now detached).
Other devices: 1. Original foliation, brown ink top right: 1-9, 11-132, 134-265.
2. Modern foliation, supplementing the original one, pencil top right: 1a, 1b, 8/1-10/1, 223a, 266-294.
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
103-112Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | never |
Ruled grid |
always,
single line to left and right, no lines for text |
Ruling pattern |
highly regular
all |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves | never |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
hard point | always | all | |
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
brown | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single | always | stave 1 indented, c. 20-35 mm. Even where no indented staves below, music and text indented by the same amount to accommodate initials and/or voice designations | |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
left between voice parts as part of grid | often | ||
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
no separate text | never |
Copying of text and music
Language(s) | German, Latin |
---|---|
Higlighting | none |
Order of Copying |
music first
always, all |
Presence/absence of text | Voice part | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
fully texted with one text | all voice parts | normally | ||
untexted | all except tenor | rarely | 112v | |
fully texted with one text | tenor | rarely | 112v |
Music
Colour(s) of notation | brown |
Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
Type of notation note | teardrop-shaped notation |
Monophonic notation | absent |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Text
Types of script | cursive |
Level of calligraphy | poor |
Colour(s) of text | brown |
Multiple texts | no |
Text repetitions | fairly few |
Abbreviations | some |
Non underlaid vocal text | none |
Liminary text | Performance instructions, occasional |
Later changes | much of the text added later |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | n/a |
Decoration miniature frequency | Folios | Size position | Description | Discrepancies | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
never | ||||||
Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
painted initials | never | |||||
penned initials | never | |||||
initials planned | always |
Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | never |
Ruled grid |
always,
single line to left and right, no lines for text |
Ruling pattern | highly regular |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves | never |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
hard point | always | all | |
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
brown | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single | always | staves 1 and 6 normally indented, c. 25-30 mm; rarely other staves indented (depending on voice disposition) | |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
left between voice parts as part of grid | often | ||
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
no separate text | never | ||
Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
other | sometimes | Indent sometimes filled in when voice disposition differs from standard DT|AB | |
notation and staves extended into margin | sometimes | staves extended into margin to accommodate notation | |
made for complete additional staves | n/a | 16v | extra stave at bottom, hand-drawn |
Copying of text and music
Language(s) | 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 | sometimes | ||
fully texted with one text | discantus | often | ||
provided with one or two incipits | all except discantus | sometimes | ||
untexted | all except discantus | occasionally | ||
provided with single incipit | contratenor | rarely | ||
untexted | all voice parts | rarely |
Music
Colour(s) of notation | brown |
Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
Type of notation note | teardrop-shaped notation |
Monophonic notation | absent |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Later changes | Folios | |
---|---|---|
later addition of extra piece | 16v |
Text
Types of script | cursive (German) |
Level of calligraphy | poor |
Colour(s) of text | brown |
Multiple texts | no |
Text repetitions | none |
Abbreviations | very many |
Non underlaid vocal text | none |
Liminary text | Performance instructions, occasionally |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | very poor |
Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
initials planned | always |
Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | never |
Ruled grid |
always,
single line to left and right, no lines for text |
Ruling pattern | highly regular |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves | never |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
hard point | always | all | |
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
brown | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single | normally | staves 1 and 6 normally indented, c. 25-30 mm. Even where no indented staves, music and text indented by the same amount to accommodate initials and/or voice designations | |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
left between voice parts as part of grid | often | ||
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
no separate text | never | ||
Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
other | sometimes | indent sometimes filled in when voice disposition differs from standard DT|AB | |
notation and staves extended into margin | rarely | staves extended into margin to accommodate notation |
Copying of text and music
Language(s) | Latin |
---|---|
Higlighting | none |
Order of Copying |
music first
always, all |
Presence/absence of text | Voice part | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
untexted | all except discantus and tenor | occasionally | ||
fully texted with one text | discantus | occasionally | ||
untexted | all except discantus | occasionally | ||
provided with single incipit | all except discantus | rarely | ||
provided with single incipit | discantus | rarely | ||
untexted | all voice parts | rarely | ||
fully texted with one text | discantus and tenor | occasionally | ||
fully texted with one text | all voice parts | sometimes | ||
fully texted with one text | tenor | occasionally | ||
untexted | all except tenor | occasionally | ||
fully texted with one text | discantus and altus | sometimes | ||
untexted | all except discantus and altus | rarely | ||
provided with single incipit | all except discantus and altus | rarely |
Music
Colour(s) of notation | brown |
Colour of notation folios | all |
Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
Type of notation folios | all |
Type of notation note | teardrop-shaped notation |
Monophonic notation | absent |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Text
Types of script | cursive (German) |
Level of calligraphy | poor |
Colour(s) of text | brown |
Multiple texts | no |
Text repetitions | none |
Abbreviations | many |
Non underlaid vocal text | none |
Liminary text | Performance instructions, occasional |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | very 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 | |||||
penned initials | never | |||||
initials planned | always |
Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | never |
Ruled grid |
always,
single line to left and right, no lines for text |
Ruling pattern |
highly regular
all |
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 |
black | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single | normally | staves 1 and 6 normally indented, c. 20-35 mm. Even where no indented staves, music and text indented by the same amount to accommodate initials and/or voice designations | |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
left between voice parts as part of grid | normally | ||
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
no separate text | never | ||
Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
other | sometimes | indent sometimes filled in when voice disposition differs from standard DT|AB | |
notation and staves extended into margin | rarely | staves extended into margin to accommodate notation | |
partial additional staves | n/a | 143r, 149v | partial extra staves at bottom |
Copying of text and music
Language(s) | German, Latin |
---|---|
Higlighting | none |
Order of Copying |
music first
always, all |
Presence/absence of text | Voice part | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
fully texted with one text | discantus | normally | ||
provided with single incipit | all except discantus | sometimes | ||
provided with single incipit | all except discantus and tenor | sometimes | ||
untexted | tenor | sometimes | ||
untexted | all except discantus | rarely | ||
untexted | all except tenor | rarely | ||
provided with single incipit | tenor | rarely | ||
untexted | all voice parts | occasionally | ||
fully texted with one text | all except altus | rarely | ||
fully texted with one text | all voice parts | rarely | ||
untexted | altus | rarely |
Music
Colour(s) of notation | black |
Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
Type of notation note | teardrop-shaped notation |
Monophonic notation | absent |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Text
Types of script | cursive (German) |
Level of calligraphy | poor |
Colour(s) of text | black |
Multiple texts |
yes
148v-149r, multiple strophes for hymns under music |
Text repetitions | none |
Abbreviations | many |
Non underlaid vocal text | none |
Liminary text | Performance instructions, occasional |
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 |
initials planned | normally | |||||
penned initials | occasionally |
Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | never |
Ruled grid |
always,
single line to left and right, no lines for text |
Ruling pattern | highly regular |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves | never |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
hard point | always | all | |
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
brown | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single | normally | staves 1 and 6 normally indented, c. 20-35 mm. Even where no indented staves, music and text indented by the same amount to accommodate initials and/or voice designations | |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
left between voice parts as part of grid | sometimes | ||
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
no separate text | never | ||
Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
notation and staves extended into margin | sometimes | staves extended into margin to accommodate notation | |
made for complete additional staves | n/a | 151v | extra stave at bottom, hand-drawn" |
other | sometimes | Indent sometimes filled in when voice disposition differs from standard DT|AB |
Copying of text and music
Language(s) | Latin |
---|---|
Higlighting | none |
Order of Copying |
music first
always, all |
Presence/absence of text | Voice part | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
provided with single incipit | discantus | occasionally | ||
untexted | all except discantus | occasionally | ||
provided with single incipit | all voice parts | occasionally | ||
fully texted with one text | all except tenor | sometimes | ||
partially texted with one text | tenor | sometimes | ||
fully texted with one text | tenor | rarely | ||
untexted | all except tenor | rarely | ||
fully texted with one text | altus | rarely | ||
fully texted with one text | discantus and bassus | rarely | ||
provided with single incipit | all except discantus and bassus | rarely |
Music
Colour(s) of notation | brown |
Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
Type of notation folios | all |
Type of notation note | teardrop-shaped notation |
Monophonic notation | absent |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Text
Types of script | cursive (German) |
Level of calligraphy | poor |
Colour(s) of text | brown |
Multiple texts |
yes
159v, multiple strophes for hymns under music |
Text repetitions | none |
Abbreviations | some |
Non underlaid vocal text | none |
Liminary text | Performance instructions, occasional |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | very poor |
Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | never |
Ruled grid |
always,
single line to left and right, no lines for text |
Ruling pattern |
fairly regular
all |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves | never |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
hard point | always | all | |
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
black | always | all | |
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single | normally | staves 1 and 5 normally indented, c. 20-30 mm. Even where no indented staves, music and text indented by the same amount to accommodate initials and/or voice designations | |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
left between voice parts as part of grid | sometimes | ||
left below voice parts as part of grid | sometimes | ||
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
no separate text | never | ||
Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
other | sometimes | indent sometimes filled in when voice disposition differs from standard DT|AB | |
notation and staves extended into margin | sometimes | staves extended into margin to accommodate notation |
Copying of text and music
Language(s) | Latin |
---|---|
Higlighting | none |
Order of Copying |
music first
always, all |
Presence/absence of text | Voice part | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
fully texted with one text | all voice parts | occasionally | ||
fully texted with one text | discantus and tenor | often | ||
untexted | all except discantus and tenor | occasionally | ||
provided with one or two incipits | all except discantus and tenor | sometimes | ||
fully texted with one text | discantus | sometimes | ||
untexted | all except discantus | sometimes | ||
fully texted with one text | discantus and altus | rarely | ||
untexted | all except discantus and altus | rarely |
Music
Colour(s) of notation | black |
Colour of notation folios | all |
Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
Type of notation folios | all |
Type of notation note | teardrop-shaped notation |
Monophonic notation | absent |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Text
Types of script | cursive (German) |
Level of calligraphy | poor |
Colour(s) of text | black |
Multiple texts | no |
Text repetitions | none |
Abbreviations | some |
Non underlaid vocal text | none |
Liminary text | Performance instructions, occasional; voice designations very prominent at beginnings of voice parts |
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 |
penned initials | always | calligraphic | cadels for initials of sung text or voice designation, very bold strokes, ornate, with some internal penwork. Smaller cadels for sections, also on gaps within staves |
Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | never |
Ruled grid |
always,
single line to left and right, no lines for text |
Ruling pattern |
highly regular
all, 10 pentagrams, ruled freehand, sometimes uneven, not parallel, slightly varying in distance |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves | never |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
hard point | always | all | |
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
brown | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single | always | stave 1 indented, c. 25-35 mm. Normally one other stave indented according to the voice disposition of the music. Sometime where no indented staves, music and text indented by the same amount to accommodate initials and/or voice designations | |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
left between voice parts as part of grid | sometimes | ||
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
no separate text | never | ||
Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
other | sometimes | indent sometimes filled in when voice disposition differs from standard DT|AB | |
notation and staves extended into margin | sometimes | staves extended into margin to accommodate notation | |
partial additional staves | n/a | 183r | partial extra stave at bottom |
Copying of text and music
Language(s) | Latin |
---|---|
Higlighting | none |
Order of Copying |
music first
always, all |
Presence/absence of text | Voice part | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
varies | all voice parts | always |
Music
Colour(s) of notation | brown |
Colour of notation folios | all |
Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
Type of notation folios | all |
Type of notation note | round shape somewhat pointed at top, small noteheads (especially semiminims), straight long stems as continuation of notehead, slightly sloping backwards |
Monophonic notation | absent |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Level of calligraphy note | medium |
Text
Types of script | cursive |
Types of script note | German |
Level of calligraphy |
poor,
all, low |
Colour(s) of text | brown all |
Multiple texts | no |
Text repetitions | none |
Abbreviations | some |
Non underlaid vocal text | none |
Liminary text | Performance instructions, occasional; voice designations very prominent at beginnings of voice parts |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | n/a |
Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
initials planned | always |
Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | never |
Ruled grid |
always,
single line to left and right, no lines for text |
Ruling pattern |
highly regular
all, 11 pentagrams, ruled freehand, sometimes uneven, not parallel, slightly varying in distance |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves | never |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
hard point | always | all | |
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
brown | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single | always | stave 1 indented, c. 20-35 mm. Even where no indented staves below, music and text indented by the same amount to accommodate initials and/or voice designations | |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
left between voice parts as part of grid | sometimes | ||
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
no separate text | never | ||
Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
notation and staves extended into margin | sometimes | staves extended into margin to accommodate notation | |
made for complete additional staves | n/a | 189r | extra stave at bottom of fol. 189r |
Copying of text and music
Language(s) | Latin |
---|---|
Higlighting | none |
Order of Copying |
music first
always, all |
Presence/absence of text | Voice part | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
varies | all voice parts | always |
Music
Colour(s) of notation | brown |
Colour of notation folios | all |
Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
Type of notation folios | all |
Type of notation note | round shape somewhat pointed at top, small noteheads (especially semiminims), straight stems as continuation of notehead, slightly sloping forwards |
Monophonic notation | absent |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Level of calligraphy note | medium |
Text
Types of script | cursive |
Types of script note | German |
Level of calligraphy |
poor,
all, low |
Colour(s) of text | brown all |
Multiple texts | no |
Text repetitions | none |
Abbreviations | some |
Non underlaid vocal text | none |
Liminary text | Performance instructions, occasional |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | n/a |
Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
initials planned | always |
Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | never |
Ruled grid |
always,
single line to left and right, no lines for text |
Ruling pattern |
highly regular
all, 11 pentagrams, ruled freehand, sometimes uneven, not parallel, varying in distance |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves | never |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
hard point | always | all | |
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
brown | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single | always | stave 1 indented, c. 20-35 mm. Even where no indented staves below, music and text indented by the same amount to accommodate initials and/or voice designations | |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
left between voice parts as part of grid | often | ||
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
no separate text | never | ||
Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
notation and staves extended into margin | rarely | staves extended into margin to accommodate notation | |
partial additional staves | n/a | 198v | partial extra stave at bottom of fol. 198v |
Copying of text and music
Language(s) | Latin |
---|---|
Higlighting | none |
Order of Copying |
music first
always, all |
Presence/absence of text | Voice part | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
varies | all voice parts | always |
Music
Colour(s) of notation | brown |
Colour of notation folios | all |
Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
Type of notation note | round shape somewhat pointed at top, small noteheads (especially semiminims), straight stems as continuation of notehead, slightly sloping forwards |
Monophonic notation | absent |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Level of calligraphy note | medium |
Text
Types of script | cursive |
Types of script note | German |
Level of calligraphy |
poor,
all, low |
Colour(s) of text | brown all |
Multiple texts | no |
Text repetitions | none |
Abbreviations | some |
Non underlaid vocal text | none |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | poor |
Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
initials planned | always | |||||
Other decoration frequency | Folios | Other decoration type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies | |
sometimes | elongated and decorated final longs |
Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | never |
Ruled grid |
always,
single line to left and right, no lines for text |
Ruling pattern |
highly regular
all, 10 pentagrams, ruled freehand, quite even |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves | never |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
hard point | always | all | |
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
brown | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single | always | stave 1 indented, c. 20-30 mm. Even where no indented staves below, music and text indented by the same amount to accommodate initials and/or voice designations | |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
left between voice parts as part of grid | sometimes | ||
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
no separate text | never | ||
Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
notation and staves extended into margin | rarely | staves extended into margin to accommodate notation | |
other | n/a | 223 | entire leaf pasted on to fol. 223, creating one page with exceptionally long lines (350 mm) |
Copying of text and music
Language(s) | German, Latin |
---|---|
Higlighting | none |
Order of Copying |
music first
always, all |
Presence/absence of text | Voice part | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
varies | all voice parts | always |
Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | never |
Ruled grid |
always,
none |
Ruling pattern |
highly regular
all, 9 pentagrams, ruled freehand, quite even |
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 |
brown | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
none | never | No indents. Music and text indented over ruled staves to accommodate initials and/or voice designations | |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
left between voice parts as part of grid | often | ||
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
no separate text | never | ||
Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
made for complete additional staves | n/a | 218v-219r, 220v | extra staves at bottom of ff. 218v-219r, 220v |
Copying of text and music
Language(s) | Latin |
---|
Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | never |
Ruled grid |
always,
single line to left and right, no lines for text |
Ruling pattern |
highly regular
all, 10 pentagrams, ruled freehand, sometimes uneven, not parallel, varying in distance |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves | never |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
hard point | always | all | |
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
brown | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single | always | stave 1 indented, c. 20-30 mm. Even where no indented staves below, music and text indented by the same amount to accommodate initials and/or voice designations | |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
left between voice parts as part of grid | often | ||
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
no separate text | never | ||
Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
notation and staves extended into margin | sometimes | staves extended into margin to accommodate notation | |
partial additional staves | n/a | 225r, 234v | partial extra staves at bottom of fol. 225r, 234v |
Copying of text and music
Language(s) |
---|
Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | never |
Ruled grid |
always,
single line to left and right, no lines for text |
Ruling pattern |
highly regular
all, 9 pentagrams, ruled freehand, sometimes uneven, not parallel, slightly varying in distance |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves | never |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
hard point | always | all | |
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
brown | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single | rarely | no indented staves (except fol. 23r), music and text rarely indented over 1 stave to accommodate initial | |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
left between voice parts as part of grid | sometimes | tbc | |
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
no separate text | never | ||
Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
notation and staves extended into margin | sometimes | staves extended into margin to accommodate notation | |
made for complete additional staves | n/a | 27r, 29r-30v | extra staves at bottom |
Copying of text and music
Language(s) | French, Latin |
---|---|
Higlighting | none |
Order of Copying |
music first
always, all |
Presence/absence of text | Voice part | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
varies | all voice parts | always |
Music
Colour(s) of notation | brown |
Colour of notation folios | all |
Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
Type of notation folios | all |
Type of notation note | round shape somewhat pointed at top and sometimes at bottom, straight long stems as continuation of notehead or separate, very slightly sloping backwards. 29v onwards different |
Monophonic notation | absent |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Level of calligraphy note | medium |
Text
Types of script | cursive |
Types of script note | German |
Level of calligraphy |
poor,
all, low |
Colour(s) of text | brown all |
Text repetitions | none |
Abbreviations | few |
Non underlaid vocal text | none |
Liminary text | Performance instructions, occasional; voice designations normally in large display script below the music |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | very 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 | |||||
penned initials | rarely | cadels | ||||
initials planned | normally |
Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | never |
Ruled grid |
always,
single line to left and right, no lines for text |
Ruling pattern |
highly regular
all, 11 pentagrams, ruled freehand, sometimes uneven, not parallel, slightly varying in distance |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves | never |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
hard point | always | all | |
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
brown | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single | always | stave 1 indented, c. 20-30 mm. Even where no indented staves below, music and text indented by the same amount to accommodate initials and/or voice designations | |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
left between voice parts as part of grid | often | ||
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
no separate text | never |
Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | never |
Ruled grid |
always,
single line to left and right, no lines for text |
Ruling pattern |
highly regular
all, 11 pentagrams, ruled freehand, sometimes uneven, not parallel, slightly varying in distance |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves | never |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
n/a | never | all | |
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
brown | always | all | |
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single | always | stave 1 indented, c. 15-20 mm. Even where no indented staves below, music and text indented by the same amount to accommodate initials and/or voice designations | |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
left between voice parts as part of grid | often | ||
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
no separate text | never |
Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | never |
Ruled grid |
always,
single line inside, outside trimmed off; no lines for text |
Ruling pattern |
highly regular
all, 12 pentagrams, ruled freehand, very uneven |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves | never |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
hard point | always | all | |
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
brown | always | all | |
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
none | never | ||
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
left between voice parts as part of grid | often | ||
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
no separate text | never |
Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | never |
Ruled grid |
always,
single line inside, outside trimmed off; no lines for text |
Ruling pattern |
highly regular
all, 12 pentagrams, ruled freehand, sometimes uneven, not parallel, slightly varying in distance |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves | never |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
hard point | always | all | |
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
brown | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
none | never | No indents. Music and text very slightly indented over ruled staves to accommodate initials and/or voice designations | |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
left between voice parts as part of grid | sometimes |
Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | never |
Ruled grid |
always,
single line to left and right, no lines for text |
Ruling pattern |
highly regular
all, 9 pentagrams, ruled freehand, quite even |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves | never |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
hard point | always | all | |
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
brown | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single | always | stave 1 indented, c. 30 mm. Even where no indented staves below, music and text indented by the same amount to accommodate initials and/or voice designations | |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
left between voice parts as part of grid | often | ||
Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
made for complete additional staves | n/a | 257ar | two staves added at bottom of fol. 257ar |
Preparation
Pricking | never |
Ruled grid |
always,
single line to left and right, top line of every pentagram drawn all the way across the page, no lines for text |
Ruling pattern |
highly regular
all, 10 pentagrams, ruled freehand, sometimes uneven, not parallel, varying in distance |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves | never |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
light brown ink | always | all | |
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
brown | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
straightedge | always | pen and straightedge | |
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
none | never | ||
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
none | never |
Preparation
Pricking | never |
Ruled grid |
always,
single line to left and right, no lines for text |
Ruling pattern |
highly regular
all, 12 pentagrams, ruled freehand, sometimes uneven, not parallel, varying in distance |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves | never |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
hard point | always | all | |
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
brown | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single | always | staves 1 and 7 indented, c. 10-15 mm. On fol. 263v stave 7 filled in | |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
none | never |
Preparation
Pricking | never |
Ruled grid |
always,
single line to left and right, no lines for text |
Ruling pattern |
highly regular
all, 10 pentagrams, ruled freehand, sometimes uneven, not parallel, varying in distance |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves | never |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
hard point | always | all | |
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
brown | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
none | never | No indents. Music and text indented over ruled staves to accommodate initials and/or voice designations |
Preparation
Pricking | never |
Ruled grid |
always,
none visible |
Ruling pattern |
highly regular
all, 12-13 pentagrams, ruled freehand, sometimes uneven, not parallel, varying in distance |
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 |
brown | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
none | never | No indents. Music and text indented over ruled staves to accommodate initials and/or voice designations | |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
none | never |
Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | never |
Ruled grid |
always,
single line to left and right, no lines for text |
Ruling pattern |
highly regular
all, 9 pentagrams, ruled freehand, sometimes uneven, not parallel, slightly varying in distance |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves | never |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
hard point | always | all | |
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
brown | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
none | never | ||
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
left between voice parts as part of grid | often | ||
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
no separate text | never | ||
Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
notation and staves extended into margin | sometimes | staves extended into margin to accommodate notation | |
made for complete additional staves | n/a | 47r (partial), 51v-53r | extra staves (mostly hand-drawn) at bottom |
Copying of text and music
Language(s) | Latin |
---|---|
Higlighting | none |
Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | never |
Ruled grid |
always,
single line to left and right, no lines for text |
Ruling pattern |
highly regular
all, 8-11 pentagrams, ruled freehand, sometimes uneven, not parallel, slightly varying in distance |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves | never |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
lead point | always | all | |
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
brown | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
varies | always | ||
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
left between voice parts as part of grid | sometimes | ||
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
no separate text | never | ||
Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
notation and staves extended into margin | sometimes | staves extended into margin to accommodate notation |
Copying of text and music
Language(s) | French, Latin |
---|---|
Higlighting | none |
Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | never |
Ruled grid |
always,
single line to left and right, no lines for text |
Ruling pattern |
highly regular
all, 10 pentagrams, ruled freehand, quite even |
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 |
brown | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single | normally | staves 1 and 6 normally indented, c. 20-25 mm. Even where no indented staves, music and text indented by the same amount to accommodate initials and/or voice designations | |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
left between voice parts as part of grid | often | ||
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
no separate text | never | ||
Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
notation and staves extended into margin | rarely | staves extended into margin to accommodate notation |
Copying of text and music
Language(s) | Latin |
---|---|
Higlighting | none |
Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | never |
Ruled grid |
always,
single line to left and right, no lines for text |
Ruling pattern |
highly regular
all, 9 pentagrams, ruled freehand, sometimes uneven, not parallel, slightly varying in distance |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves | never |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
hard point | always | all | |
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
brown | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single | normally | staves 1 and 5 normally indented, c. 20-25 mm. Even where no indented staves, music and text indented by the same amount to accommodate initials and/or voice designations | |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
left between voice parts as part of grid | often | ||
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
no separate text | never | ||
Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
notation and staves extended into margin | sometimes | staves extended into margin to accommodate notation |
Copying of text and music
Language(s) | Latin |
---|---|
Higlighting | none |
Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | never |
Ruled grid |
always,
single line to left and right, no lines for text |
Ruling pattern |
highly regular
all, 12 pentagrams, ruled freehand, sometimes uneven, not parallel, slightly varying in distance |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves | never |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
lead point | always | all | |
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
brown | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
none | never | no indented staves, music and text sometimes slightly indented over 1 stave to accommodate voice designation | |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
none | never | ||
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
provided, in dedicated space | sometimes | over rastra | |
Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
notation and staves extended into margin | sometimes | staves extended into margin to accommodate notation |
Copying of text and music
Language(s) | Latin |
---|---|
Higlighting | none |
Order of Copying |
music first
always, all |
Presence/absence of text | Voice part | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
varies | all voice parts | always |
Music
Colour(s) of notation | brown |
Colour of notation folios | all |
Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
Type of notation folios | all |
Type of notation note | round shape somewhat pointed at top, small noteheads (especially semiminims), straight long stems as continuation of notehead, slightly sloping backwards |
Monophonic notation | absent |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Level of calligraphy note | medium |
Text
Types of script | cursive |
Types of script note | German |
Level of calligraphy |
poor,
low |
Colour(s) of text | brown all |
Text repetitions | none |
Abbreviations |
very many
frequent |
Non underlaid vocal text | none |
Liminary text | fol. 8/1r, 9/1r, bottom of page - ? |
Later changes | Mass ordinary text added by later hand (Y?) |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | n/a |
Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
initials planned | always |
Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | never |
Ruled grid |
always,
single line to left and right, no lines for text |
Ruling pattern |
highly regular
all, 10 pentagrams, ruled freehand, sometimes uneven, not parallel, slightly varying in distance |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves | never |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
hard point | always | all | |
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
brown | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single | always | stave 1 and 6 indented (ff. 93-96 only 1), c. 25-35 mm. Even where no indented staves, music and text indented by the same amount to accommodate initials and/or voice designations | |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
left between voice parts as part of grid | often | ||
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
no separate text | never | ||
Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
notation and staves extended into margin | rarely | staves extended into margin to accommodate notation |
Copying of text and music
Language(s) | Latin |
---|---|
Higlighting | none |
Order of Copying |
music first
always, all |
Presence/absence of text | Voice part | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
varies | all voice parts | always |
Music
Colour(s) of notation | brown |
Colour of notation folios | all |
Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
Type of notation folios | all |
Type of notation note | ff. 87r-92r almost rhomboid, bent forwards and with short to medium-length thick stems to the right of the notehead (Just D); rest mostly round, stems bent forward (Just X) |
Monophonic notation | absent |
Level of calligraphy | poor |
Level of calligraphy note | low to medium; 87-92 high |
Text
Types of script | cursive |
Types of script note | German |
Level of calligraphy |
poor,
all, low |
Colour(s) of text | brown all |
Multiple texts |
yes
91v-92r, 95v-102r, multiple strophes for hymns under music |
Text repetitions | none |
Abbreviations | some |
Non underlaid vocal text | none |
Liminary text | Performance instructions, occasional |
Later changes | much of the text added later |
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 | |||||
penned initials | occasionally | |||||
initials planned | normally |