Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Magliabechi XIX.164-167, MS Magliabechi XIX.165 (Bassus), All folios
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: ii + 121 + ii
Format: oblong
Page dimensions: 108 x 170
Quire structure: Text version
Other devices: 1. Roman numerals in the upper margin indicating consecutive pieces.
2. Quire marks: '10' (f. 91r) and '11' (101r).
3. Modern foliation recto bottom left, 1-121
Watermarks: an anvil and a hammer enclosed in a circle, similar to Briquet no. 5963 (Florence 1514-1529; Fabriano 1520 and Pistoia 1535); an anchor enclosed within a circle and surmounted by a star (bifolia 42--49, 63--68, [ii]-[iii]).
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
All foliosPreparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | none visible |
Ruled grid | always |
Ruling pattern | highly regular |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves | never |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
brown ink and hard point | always | Justification lines only. | |
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
dark brown | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
triple rastrum | always | Measures 12.5-12.5-12 mm from top to bottom, with interspaces of 10 mm | |
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
none | always | Text and music indented on staves. | |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
none | always | ||
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
not in dedicated space | rarely | f. 121r | Later addition. |
Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
notation and staves extended into margin | occasionally | 14r, 43r, 46v, 50r, 65r, 74r, 83r, 95r | |
staveline added | sometimes | 36r, 43v, 44r, 45v, 54v, 64r |
Copying of text and music
Language(s) | French, Italian, Latin |
---|---|
Order of Copying |
music first
always |
Presence/absence of text | Voice part | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
fully texted with one or two texts | bassus | normally | ||
provided with single incipit | bassus | rarely | 59v, 86r-87r |
Music
Colour(s) of notation | brown |
Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
Type of notation note | rhomboid-shaped |
Monophonic notation | absent |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Non verbal performance instructions | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|
repeat signs | 33v, 71r, 120v | |
Line fillers | Folios | Note |
often | Placed at the end of pieces. | |
Later changes | Folios | |
Added pieces and gamut with mensuration (ff. 116v-117r). | 58v, 59v, 98v, 116v-117r, 119v, 120v |
Text
Types of script | cursive (italic) |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Colour(s) of text | brown |
Multiple texts |
yes
33v, 71r, 76v-77r |
Text repetitions | very many |
Abbreviations | very few |
Non underlaid vocal text |
additional
58v, 121r, In added pieces only. Second stanza on f. 58v crossed out. |
Liminary text | 'Bassus' (f. 91r); 'Sequitur secunda pars' (f. 105r); 'Te deum laudamus Bassus a 4' (f. 119v); 'Bassus a 3' (f. 120v). |
Later changes | Added pieces (underlay: ff. 58, 59v, 98v, 119v, 120v; and additional text: ff. 58v, 121r); and gamut with annotations: 'Viole' and 'Alla bassa' and 'alla alta' (ff. 116v-117r) |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | fair |
Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
penned initials | normally | plain initials | Initials in brown ink. |