Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Magliabechi XIX.164-167, MS Magliabechi XIX.166 (Tenor), All folios
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: ii + 121 + ii
Format: oblong
Page dimensions: 108 x 170
Quire structure: Text version
Index / Table of Contents: ff. [i]r-[i]v: partial index
Amor quand'io speravo 8|12
Amor se vuoi 9|14
Amor che mi tormenti 20|31
Amor se vuoi chio torni 23|35
Amor qua[n]do fioriva 20|38
Amoreuse mi fault 48|52
Adieu meu' 59|76
Alons ferend 65|82
Ave regina 76|105
Ave maria 77|106
Ben mi credea 22|34
Chiare fresche et dolc'aque 11|18
Che deggio fare 12|23
Chi della fede altrui 14|23
Cosi nel mio parlare 15-22
Che fa la ramanzina 35-50
Che deggio fare 36-50
Dbe perche in odio mai 3-5
Donna benche di rado 7-11
Entre ie suis en grant pensier 46-61
En lombre daingle pin 54-67.
Other devices: Original ink foliation recto top right, 1-115, continued in modern pencil, 116-121
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 2--9, 45-46, 84--87, [ii]-[iii]); a pair of crossed arrows and surmounted by a star (bifolia 112-119, 114-117), similar to Briquet no. 6290 (Udine 1521) and nos. 6295-96 (Florence 1521-22 and 1526-28).
Roman numerals in the upper margin indicating consecutive pieces.
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 | always | Justification lines only. | |
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
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 | 121r | |
Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
notation and staves extended into margin | occasionally | 6r, 9v, 10v, 16v, 47v, 49r, 65r, 68r, 70v, 97r |
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 | tenor | normally | ||
provided with single incipit | tenor | rarely | 83v-84v |
Music
Colour(s) of notation | brown |
Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
Monophonic notation | absent |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Non verbal performance instructions | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|
repeat signs | 70r, 120v | |
Line fillers | Folios | Note |
often | Placed at the end of pieces. | |
Later changes | Folios | |
Added pieces. | 119v, 120v |
Text
Types of script | cursive (italic) |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Colour(s) of text | brown |
Multiple texts |
yes
37v, 38r, 70r, 99v |
Text repetitions | very many |
Abbreviations | very few |
Non underlaid vocal text |
additional
121r, Added piece only. |
Liminary text | 'Canon' (f. 78r); 'Tenor' (added by a later hand: ff. 78r, 79r, and on each recto between ff. 92r and 115r); 'Sequitur 2a pars' (f. 96v); 'Gloria Patri ut supra (f. 100r); 'a 4 Te Deum Laudamus Tenor chorus incipit' (f. 119v); 'Tenore a 3' (f. 120v). |
Later changes | Added pieces (underlay: ff. 119v, 120v; and additional text: f. 121r). |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | poor |
Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
penned initials | normally | plain initials | Initials in brown ink. |