PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

Mise-en-page in manuscripts and printed books containing polyphonic music, 1480—1530

Manuscript: Bologna, Italy, Archivio Musicale di S Petronio, MS A. XXX (olim L)

Manuscript type: choirbook

RISM siglum: I-Bsp 30

DIAMM Source Key: 1621

Folio(s): All folios

Date: first half of 16th century

Location of origin: Bologna, Italy

Provenance

Copied in Bologna for use at San Petronio; still in its original location.

Basis for description: original

Bologna, Italy, Archivio Musicale di S Petronio, MS A. XXX (olim L), All folios

Physical description

Material: paper

Number of leaves: i + 34 + i

Format: upright

Page dimensions: 580 x 440

Quire structure: Text version

Title page / Frontispiece: f. 1r: "L"

Index / Table of Contents: 1r

Colophon: none

Other devices: Early pagination light brown ink top right, 1-16, 68-85

Page details (zoom):

Preparation and Copying

All folios

Preparation

Disposition of Voice Parts Key

Pricking none visible
Ruled grid always,
single line to left and right, text on double line 4-5 mm apart, added after staves only where needed
Ruling pattern highly regular
11 pentagrams, ruled freehand, very parallel and even
Staves omitted from grid never
Incomplete staves never
Medium and colour of grid Frequency Folios Note
hard point always
Colour of staves Frequency Folios Note
brown always
Ruling medium Frequency Folios Note
single rastrum always
Indentation for initials Frequency Folios Note
none always f. 1-16 occasionally music slightly indented over ruled stave ti accommodate initial
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 69r

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 teardrop-shaped notation
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 many
Abbreviations some
Non underlaid vocal text none
Liminary text Tacet inscriptions, frequent Duo inscriptions, some

Decoration

Level of Decoration poor
Decoration initial type Frequency Folios Initial type(s) Size position Description Discrepancies
penned initials often 1-16 calligraphic , plain initials Plain or slightly elaborated capitals at the beginning of every piece or section, usually below stave with rest of text.
initials planned often 68-81