Köln, Germany, Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek, MS 5 P 114 (olim 979), All folios
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: 152
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 190 x 135
Other devices: Old foliation, 1-124 (28 leaves added later).
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
55r-56vPreparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | none visible |
Ruled grid |
always,
single line to left and right, text on single line, bottom text line across the entire page. Preparation identical to that for the monophonic repertoire in the remainder of the manuscript. |
Ruling pattern |
highly regular
tetragrams, staves ruled in separate lines |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves | never |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
lead point and brown ink | always | frame lines ink, text lines lead point | |
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
black | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
straightedge | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
none | always | ||
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
none | always | ||
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
no separate text | always |
Copying of text and music
Language(s) | Latin |
---|---|
Order of Copying |
text first
always |
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 | German hufnagel |
Monophonic notation |
present
monophonic notation used polyphonically |
Level of calligraphy | high |
Text
Types of script | textura |
Types of script note | with cursive elements |
Level of calligraphy | high |
Colour(s) of text | black |
Multiple texts | no |
Text repetitions | none |
Abbreviations | few |
Non underlaid vocal text | none |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | fair |
Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
penned initials | always | calligraphic , flourished, plain initials | At the beginning of every section | Large and ornate plain initials alternating in blue and red at beginning of pieces; black initials with red highlights and modest penflourishing at beginning of sections. |