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 foliosPreparation
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 |