Tarazona, Spain, Archivo Capitular de la Catedral, MS 17, Tenor secundus
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 secundus"
Other devices: 1. Modern foliation, 1-14
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
All foliosPreparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking |
always,
visible in lower margins for justification lines |
Ruled grid | always |
Ruling pattern |
highly regular
justification lines only |
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 | 1r-v, 2v, 3v, 4v, 5v-6v, 7v, 8v-10v, 11v, 12v, 13v | staves and notation indented on all versos; notation indented on stave where needed on rectos. |
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 | 7v, 9r, 12v | |
staveline added | rarely | 1r-v |
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 secundus | always | 1r-11r, 12v-13r | |
fully texted with one text | discantus | always | 11v |
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 |
---|---|---|
signa congruentiae | 6r-8r |
Text
Types of script | cursive (humanistic) |
Level of calligraphy | high |
Colour(s) of text | dark brown |
Multiple texts | no |
Text repetitions |
fairly many
sometimes indicated by 'ij' |
Abbreviations | fairly many |
Non underlaid vocal text | none |
Liminary text |
tacet: 3v, 6r, 10r
secundus supranus a5: 11v,
3v, 6r, 10r, 11v |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | fair |
Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
penned initials | always | 1r-v, 2v, 3v, 4v, 5v-6v, 7v, 8v-10v, 11v, 12v | calligraphic | One stave high at start of each song/movement. Stave indented on all versos, notation indented on stave where needed on rectos. |