Bologna, Italy, Archivio Musicale di S Petronio, MS A. XXXI (olim D), All folios
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: i + 71 + i
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 553 x 385
Quire structure: Text version
Title page / Frontispiece: fol. 1r: "D"
Index / Table of Contents: none
Colophon: none
Non-musical texts: none
Other devices: Early foliation light brown ink top right, 1-28, 108-150, indicating substantial losses.
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
1-28, 108-138, 144-150Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | never |
Ruled grid |
always,
single line to left and right, text on single line throughout |
Ruling pattern |
highly regular
13 pentagrams, two different rastra, ruled freehand, sometimes slightly uneven, not parallel, varying in distance |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves | never |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
hard point and lead point | always | all | bounding lines lead point, text lines hard point |
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
black | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
none | always | ||
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 | occasionally | ||
partial additional staves | rarely | 115v |
Copying of text and music
Language(s) | Latin |
---|---|
Order of Copying |
music 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 | void mensural |
Type of notation note | teardrop or rhomboid |
Monophonic notation | absent |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Non verbal performance instructions | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|
none | ||
Line fillers | Folios | Note |
none |
Text
Types of script | antiqua |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Colour(s) of text | black |
Multiple texts | no |
Text repetitions | fairly few |
Abbreviations | fairly few |
Non underlaid vocal text | none |
Liminary text |
110v: 'Absalon fili mi'
119v: 'A voce pare'
122v-123r: 'Tacet', 'Duo'
125v: Crucifixus tacet
127v, 128v, 129v: Canon
139v: 'Josquin',
110v, 119v, 122v-123r, 127v, 128v, 129v, 139v |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | very poor |
Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | never |
Ruled grid |
always,
single line to left and right, text on single line, present almost throughout |
Ruling pattern |
highly regular
13-14 pentagrams, ruled freehand, sometimes slightly uneven, not parallel, varying in distance |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves | never |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
hard point and lead point | always | all | bounding lines lead point, text lines hard point |
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
black | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
none | always | ||
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 | often |
Copying of text and music
Language(s) | |
---|---|
Order of Copying |
music first
always, all |
Music
Colour(s) of notation | black |
Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
Type of notation note | rhomboid shape |
Monophonic notation | absent |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Non verbal performance instructions | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|
none | ||
Line fillers | Folios | Note |
none |
Text
Types of script | antiqua |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Colour(s) of text | black |
Multiple texts | no |
Text repetitions | fairly few |
Abbreviations | fairly few |
Non underlaid vocal text | none |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | very poor |