Tarazona, Spain, Archivo Capitular de la Catedral, MS 17, Tenor primus
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: 14
Format: oblong
Page dimensions: 142 x 212
Quire structure: Text version
Title page / Frontispiece: "Pastrana" (different hand)
"Tenor primus"
Other devices: 1. Modern pagination, 1-28
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
All foliosPreparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking |
always,
pricking visible in lower margins for justification lines |
Ruled grid | always |
Ruling pattern | highly regular |
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 |
dark brown | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single | often | 1-2, 4, 6, 8, 10-12, 14, 16-18, 20, 24, 26 | Staves indented on all versos (even pages); notation indented on stave on rectos (odd pages) where necessary for an initial. |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
empty ruled staves on grid | sometimes | ||
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
no separate text | always | ||
Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
notation and staves extended into margin | rarely | 16, 24 | |
staveline added | rarely | 2, 19-20 |
Copying of text and music
Language(s) | Latin, Spanish |
---|---|
Order of Copying |
music first
always |
Presence/absence of text | Voice part | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
fully texted with one text | tenor primus | normally | 1-21, 23-25 | |
fully texted with one or two texts | tenor primus | rarely | 22 |
Music
Colour(s) of notation | dark brown |
Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
Monophonic notation | absent |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Non verbal performance instructions | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|
repeat signs | 22 | |
signa congruentiae | 3, 22-23 |
Text
Types of script | cursive (humanistic) |
Level of calligraphy | high |
Colour(s) of text | dark brown |
Multiple texts |
yes
22 |
Text repetitions |
fairly many
some indicated by 'ij' |
Abbreviations | fairly many |
Non underlaid vocal text | none |
Liminary text |
'tacet' pp. 6, 17,
6, 17 |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | fair |
Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
penned initials | always | 1-2, 4, 6, 8, 10-12, 14, 16-18, 20, 22, 24 | calligraphic | One stave tall at start of each movement/song; stave and notation indented on all versos (even pages), notation indented on stave where necessary on rectos (odd pages). |