Bologna, Italy, Biblioteca Universitaria, MS 2573 (2231), All folios
Physical description
Material: parchment
Number of leaves: i + 190 + i
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 238 x 168
Index / Table of Contents: 2v: list of treatises contained in the volume
Non-musical texts: The volume is dedicated to Tinctoris' music theory treatises; the description here only relates to the fully formed polyphonic pieces within these treatises.
Other devices: Original or early foliation ink top right, 1-190
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
1v-2r, 98v-99r, 111r, 133r, 141r, 142v-149v, 150v-152v, 153v-156v, 157v-158r, 159v, 160v-188rPreparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | none visible |
Ruled grid |
always,
Single line to left and right, text lines at the same distance as the stavelines (whch are drawn on top of the text lines): essentially a consistent grid of lines 5 mm apart. Ususally pentagrams, but sometimes hexagrams (e.g. f. 141v) or depending on the range of the music very rarely even hexa- and heptagrams (e.g. f. 143v) |
Ruling pattern | highly regular |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves |
sometimes,
Integrated into text; music can begin or end in the middle of a line depending on the amount of music or text |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
very light ink | always | ||
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
red | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
straightedge | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
none | always | regular indentations for decorated initials in verbal text, but not for music (initials, where present, are placed below the stave with the text). | |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
none | always | ||
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
provided, in dedicated space | always | ||
Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
partial additional staves | rarely | 145r, 154v, 156r |
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 | sometimes | ||
untexted | all voice parts | often |
Music
Colour(s) of notation | black |
Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
Type of notation note | rhomboid-shaped notation |
Monophonic notation | absent |
Level of calligraphy | very high |
Non verbal performance instructions | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|
signes-de-renvoi | occasionally |
Text
Types of script | textura |
Level of calligraphy | very high |
Colour(s) of text | black |
Multiple texts | no |
Text repetitions | none |
Abbreviations | some |
Non underlaid vocal text | none |
Liminary text | Voice designations, always The text of the treatise almost invariably explains precisely the purpose of the pieces of music which are often introduced with the explicit 'ut hic patet' ('as is obvious here') or suchlike. |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | fair |
Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
initials planned | rarely | 3r | Opening initial of the entire book not executed | |||
penned initials | often | calligraphic with decoration, flourished | Every section of every treatise is introduced by a four-line initial alternating in blue and black, with rich penwork alternating in red and purple scrolling along the left-hand margin of the entire page. | |||
painted initials | occasionally | decorated | at the beginning of every treatise | |||
Other decoration frequency | Folios | Other decoration type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies | |
often | diagrams | diagrams |