Bologna, Italy, Archivio Musicale di S Petronio, MS A. XXXVIII (olim C), All folios
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: ii + 78 + ii
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 485 x 335
Quire structure: Text version
Title page / Frontispiece: f. 1r: 'C'
Index / Table of Contents: f. iv-iir, in margins of original parchment endpapers
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
All foliosPreparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | none visible |
Ruled grid |
always,
single line to left and right, text on single line throughout |
Ruling pattern | fairly regular |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves | never |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
hard point and lead point | always | 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 |
Copying of text and music
Language(s) | Latin |
---|---|
Order of Copying |
music 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 | void mensural |
Type of notation note | rounded rhomboid shape |
Monophonic notation | absent |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Text
Types of script | antiqua |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Colour(s) of text | black |
Multiple texts | no |
Text repetitions | fairly few |
Abbreviations | some |
Non underlaid vocal text | none |
Liminary text | Tacet inscriptions, some Voice designations, some |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | very poor |