Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS Q 16 (olim 109), All folios
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: i + 156 + i
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 210 x 140
Quire structure:
Text version
i 11 (1-11 [1 added at beginning]), ii 13 (12-24 [1 added at beginning, 1 missing after fol. 12, replaced with unnumbered flyleaf]), iii 12 (25-36), iv 12 (37-54), v 12 (55-72, vi 14 (73-86), vii 12 (87-98), viii 12 (99-110), ix 16 (111-126), x 4 (131-134), xi 4 (135-137bis), xii 4 (138-141), xiii 5 (142-146 [1 added at beginning]), xiv 5 (147-151 [1 added at beginning]), xv 5 (152-156 [1 removed at beginning])
[f. 137 and 137 bis glued together for a long time, hence no old or current foliation; now separated.]
Title page / Frontispiece: f. 1v: two coats of arms of the Marsili family (Bologna)
Index / Table of Contents: f. 2r-7v: alphabetical index, with later additions
Colophon: f. 126v: Finis.
Non-musical texts: f. 30: short musical treatise on blank ruled page
f. 149v-151v: music treatise 'Incipit regule cantu figuratu', but almost entirely mensural notation, very little verbal text
Other devices: Original foliation brown ink top right: i-xxxiiii, xxxiiii-cxii (= 14-126), continued by very similar hand cxiii-cxiiii, cxiiii-cxxv (= 127-136, 138-141), then later hand(s) cxxvi-cxxxvi (143-153), corresponding to hand(s) in index. i-cxxv mostly highlighted with yellow wash.
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
1-126
Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts
Key
- Discantus
- Altus
- Tenor
- Bassus
- Contratenor
- Sextus
- Quintus
- Vagants
- Textus
- Triplex
- Medius / Meane
- Quatriplex
Signe de renvoi
Pricking |
never
|
Ruled grid |
always,
single line on left and right, no lines for text
|
Ruling pattern |
highly regular
|
Staves omitted from grid |
never
|
Incomplete staves |
never
|
Medium and colour of grid |
Frequency |
Folios |
Note |
hard point or lead point |
always |
all |
|
Colour of staves |
Frequency |
Folios |
Note |
light brown |
normally |
|
8-13: black |
Ruling medium |
Frequency |
Folios |
Note |
single rastrum |
always |
|
|
Indentation for initials |
Frequency |
Folios |
Note |
none |
always |
|
No indented staves or music, initials in left margin. |
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 |
staves extended into margin |
rarely |
|
|
Copying of text and music
Language(s) |
French, Italian, Latin, Spanish |
Order of Copying |
music first
always
|
Presence/absence of text |
Voice part |
Frequency |
Folios |
Note |
provided with single incipit |
all voice parts |
normally |
|
|
untexted |
all voice parts |
rarely |
|
|
Music
Colour(s) of notation |
black |
Type(s) of notation |
void mensural |
Type of notation note |
teardrop shape
|
Monophonic notation |
absent
|
Level of calligraphy |
high
|
Non verbal performance instructions |
Folios |
Note |
pointers |
|
|
signa congruentiae |
|
|
signes-de-renvoi |
|
|
Line fillers |
Folios |
Note |
sometimes |
|
Repeat of final double barline, sometimes highlighted with yellow wash |
Later changes |
Folios |
|
musical treatise 'Prolacio tempus et modi'; over ruled staves |
30r |
|
short four-part composition by later hand on bottom 5 ruled staves, with added verbal text |
|
|
Text
Types of script |
cursive (humanistic)
|
Types of script folios |
all
|
Level of calligraphy |
poor
|
Colour(s) of text |
dark brown
|
Multiple texts |
no
|
Text repetitions |
none
|
Abbreviations |
very few
|
Non underlaid vocal text |
none
|
Liminary text |
"Tenor" rubric on most openings, large and ornate, above Tenor part usually over blank stave
Occasional 'Duo' instructions
Fol. 88v: composer ascription 'J. p.' above staves
Fol. 100r: 'Missa de lamormi' above staves
Occasional Canon instructions
|
Decoration
Decoration initial type |
Frequency |
Folios |
Initial type(s) |
Size position |
Description |
Discrepancies |
penned initials |
always |
|
calligraphic |
Before every voice, 1-2 lines; often also T for tenor rubric |
Often quite elaborate calligraphic initials, often with yellow wash |
|
Other decoration frequency |
Folios |
Other decoration type(s) |
Size position |
Description |
Discrepancies |
normally |
|
decorated letters |
|
elaborate calligraphic voice designation 'Tenor' on most versos, some with yellow wash |
|
127-153
Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts
Key
- Discantus
- Altus
- Tenor
- Bassus
- Contratenor
- Sextus
- Quintus
- Vagants
- Textus
- Triplex
- Medius / Meane
- Quatriplex
Signe de renvoi
Pricking |
never
|
Ruled grid |
always,
single line on left and right, no lines for text
|
Ruling pattern |
highly regular
|
Staves omitted from grid |
never
|
Incomplete staves |
never
|
Medium and colour of grid |
Frequency |
Folios |
Note |
hard point and lead point |
always |
|
|
Colour of staves |
Frequency |
Folios |
Note |
light brown |
always |
|
|
Ruling medium |
Frequency |
Folios |
Note |
single rastrum |
always |
|
|
Indentation for initials |
Frequency |
Folios |
Note |
none |
always |
|
no indented staves, music and text indented over 1 stave (rarely 2 staves) to 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 |
never |
|
|
Adhoc adaptation |
Frequency |
Folios |
Note |
staves extended into margin |
rarely |
|
|
Copying of text and music
Language(s) |
French, Italian, Latin, Spanish |
Order of Copying |
music first
always
|
Presence/absence of text |
Voice part |
Frequency |
Folios |
Note |
provided with single incipit |
all voice parts |
normally |
|
|
untexted |
all voice parts |
occasionally |
|
|
Music
Colour(s) of notation |
black |
Type(s) of notation |
void mensural |
Type of notation note |
rhomboid, sometimes rounded
|
Monophonic notation |
absent
|
Level of calligraphy |
high
|
Non verbal performance instructions |
Folios |
Note |
pointers |
128v-129r, 130v-131r, 142v-143r |
|
Line fillers |
Folios |
Note |
sometimes |
|
Repeat of final double barline, sometimes even three times, sometimes highlighted with yellow wash. Some highly elaborate final longs, final longs merging into final barline, ornaments after final barline, often highlighted with yellow wash (like initials) |
Later changes |
Folios |
|
149v-151v: Music treatise 'Incipiunt regulae cantu figurato'
152v-153r: Added piece in foru parts (DT|AB) on hand-drawn staves |
|
|
Text
Types of script |
cursive (humanistic)
|
Types of script folios |
all
|
Level of calligraphy |
fair,
all
|
Colour(s) of text |
brown
|
Multiple texts |
no
|
Text repetitions |
none
|
Abbreviations |
fairly few
|
Non underlaid vocal text |
none
|
Liminary text |
'Tenor' and 'Contra' rubrics on most openings, mostly with initials, somteimes separate above or besides stave
|
Decoration
Decoration initial type |
Frequency |
Folios |
Initial type(s) |
Size position |
Description |
Discrepancies |
initials planned |
occasionally |
|
|
|
|
|
penned initials |
normally |
|
calligraphic with decoration, calligraphic with grotesque heads, flourished |
1 or 2 lines over ruled staves, music indented |
often quite elaborate and large |
|
Other decoration frequency |
Folios |
Other decoration type(s) |
Size position |
Description |
Discrepancies |
sometimes |
|
end-symbol |
|
Repeat of final double barline, sometimes even three times, sometimes highlighted with yellow wash. Some highly elaborate final longs, final longs merging into final barline, ornaments after final barline, often highlighted with yellow wash (like initials) |
|