Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Mus. ant. theor. 30, i-ii
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: v + ii + 68 + v
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 306 x 211
Quire structure: Text version
Non-musical texts: f. ir: text on music theory. The music on ff. iv-iiv is followed by a part of Boethius's works (Venice, 1492)
Other devices: 1. Modern library foliation pencil top right, 141-142 (to match foliation of partial edition of Boethius?).
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
All foliosPreparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Signe de renvoi
| Pricking | never |
| Ruled grid |
always,
Two columns of c. 75 mm wide, with interspace 10 mm. Single line to left and right of each column, lines for text same distance as space between stavelines, essentially a consistent grid of lines 4.5 mm apart |
| Ruling pattern |
highly regular
all, Pentagrams, rarely tetragrams |
| Staves omitted from grid | never |
| Incomplete staves | never |
| 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 |
| straightedge | always | ||
| Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| none | never | ||
| Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| none | never | ||
| Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| provided, in dedicated space | sometimes | iiv | last 3 staves in left-hand column and first 6 staves in right-hand column omiited for verbal text |
Copying of text and music
| Language(s) | Italian, 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 | ||
| fully texted with one text | discantus | sometimes | ||
| provided with one or two incipits | all except discantus | sometimes | ||
| provided with one or two incipits | all voice parts | occasionally |
Music
| Colour(s) of notation | brown |
| Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
| Type of notation note | teardrop-shaped notation, wth separate stems, approaching rhomboid shape |
| Monophonic notation | absent |
| Level of calligraphy | fair |
Text
| Types of script | cursive (humanistic) |
| Level of calligraphy | fair |
| Colour(s) of text | brown |
| Multiple texts | no |
| Text repetitions | none |
| Abbreviations | many |
| Non underlaid vocal text | none |
| Liminary text | Voie designations, normally |
Decoration
| Level of Decoration | very poor |