PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

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

Manuscript: Regensburg, Germany, Bischöfliche Zentralbibliothek, MS C 98

Manuscript type: choirbook

RISM siglum: D-Rp C 98

DIAMM Source Key: 2012

Folio(s): All folios

Date: second quarter of the 16th century

Location of origin: Austria ; Germany (South), Germany

Provenance

later owned by the Alte Kapelle in Regensburg

Artists/Scribes

Person: Anonymous, Anonymous
Person type: scribe

Basis for description: original

Regensburg, Germany, Bischöfliche Zentralbibliothek, MS C 98, All folios

Physical description

Material: paper

Number of leaves: 167

Format: upright

Page dimensions: 405 x 275

Quire structure: Text version

Other devices: 1. Modern pencil foliation recto top right, 1-127, 127a-166

Page details (zoom):

Preparation and Copying

109v-119r

Preparation

Disposition of Voice Parts Key

Pricking never
Ruled grid always,
fold to left and right, no lines for text
Ruling pattern highly regular
8 pentagrams, ruled freehand, very even
Staves omitted from grid never
Incomplete staves rarely
Medium and colour of grid Frequency Folios Note
fold always
Colour of staves Frequency Folios Note
brown always
Ruling medium Frequency Folios Note
single rastrum always
Indentation for initials Frequency Folios Note
single always stave 1 and 5 indented, c. 25-35 mm. Where a voice begins where no indented stave, music and text indented by the same amount
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

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 squat rhomboid shape with short vertical stems
Monophonic notation absent
Level of calligraphy fair
Text
Types of script cursive (German)
Types of script note with textura elements
Level of calligraphy fair
Colour(s) of text brown
Multiple texts no
Text repetitions some
Abbreviations few
Non underlaid vocal text none
119v-121r
122v-150r, 151v-166r

Preparation

Disposition of Voice Parts Key

Pricking never
Ruled grid never,
no lines
Ruling pattern fairly regular
8 pentagrams, ruled freehand, sometimes very uneven, not parallel, varying in distance; space of c. 40-50 mm between staves 4 and 5
Staves omitted from grid never
Incomplete staves never
Medium and colour of grid Frequency Folios Note
n/a always
Colour of staves Frequency Folios Note
brown always
Ruling medium Frequency Folios Note
single rastrum always
Indentation for initials Frequency Folios Note
single always stave 1 and 5 indented, c. 25-35 mm.
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

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 brown
Type(s) of notation void mensural
Type of notation note squat rhomboid shape with short vertical stems
Monophonic notation absent
Level of calligraphy fair
Text
Types of script cursive (humanistic)
Level of calligraphy poor
Colour(s) of text brown
Multiple texts yes
135v-139r
Text repetitions some
Abbreviations few
Non underlaid vocal text none
150v-151r
1-70

Preparation

Disposition of Voice Parts Key

Pricking never
Ruled grid never,
vertical bounding lines only, no text lines
Ruling pattern highly irregular
1-8 pentragrams, ruled freehand, not on grid, very uneven
Staves omitted from grid n/a
Incomplete staves often,
last stave in most voices ruled only as far as necessary to accommodate music
Medium and colour of grid Frequency Folios Note
fold always
Colour of staves Frequency Folios Note
brown always
Ruling medium Frequency Folios Note
single rastrum always
Indentation for initials Frequency Folios Note
single always at beginning of every voice, c. 50-60 mm
Extra space between voice parts Frequency Folios Note
variable space, not on grid always
Space provided for separate text Frequency Folios Note
no separate text always

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 brown
Type(s) of notation void mensural
Type of notation note very squat rhomboid shape with short vertical stems
Monophonic notation absent
Level of calligraphy fair
Non verbal performance instructions Folios Note
signa congruentiae for canons, occasionally
Text
Types of script cursive (German)
Types of script note hybrida elements
Level of calligraphy fair
Colour(s) of text brown
Multiple texts no
Text repetitions none
Abbreviations few
Non underlaid vocal text none
Liminary text Voice designations as initials, sometimes

Decoration

Level of Decoration poor
Decoration initial type Frequency Folios Initial type(s) Size position Description Discrepancies
penned initials sometimes plain initials for voice designations, rarely text initials
initials planned often
71-95r, 100v-109r

Preparation

Disposition of Voice Parts Key

Pricking never
Ruled grid always,
fold to left and right, no lines for text
Ruling pattern highly regular
ruled freehand, very even
Staves omitted from grid rarely
Incomplete staves never
Medium and colour of grid Frequency Folios Note
fold always
Colour of staves Frequency Folios Note
brown always
Ruling medium Frequency Folios Note
single rastrum always
Indentation for initials Frequency Folios Note
single always at beginning of every voice, c. 15-40 mm
Extra space between voice parts Frequency Folios Note
empty ruled staves on grid often

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 brown
Type(s) of notation void mensural
Type of notation note very squat rhomboid shape with short vertical stems
Monophonic notation absent
Level of calligraphy fair
Text
Types of script cursive (German)
Types of script note hybrida elements
Level of calligraphy fair
Colour(s) of text brown
Multiple texts no
Text repetitions none
Abbreviations few
Non underlaid vocal text none
Liminary text Voice designations, sometimes
Later changes text repetitions added, occasionally
95v-100r

Preparation

Disposition of Voice Parts Key

Pricking never
Ruled grid always,
fold to left and right, no lines for text
Ruling pattern fairly regular
8 pentagrams, ruled freehand, fairly even
Staves omitted from grid never
Incomplete staves never
Medium and colour of grid Frequency Folios Note
fold always
Colour of staves Frequency Folios Note
brown always
Ruling medium Frequency Folios Note
single rastrum always
Indentation for initials Frequency Folios Note
single always at beginning of every voice, c. 30-55 mm,
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
other rarely 96v first line: pasteover

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 brown
Type(s) of notation void mensural
Type of notation note squat rhomboid shape with short vertical stems
Monophonic notation absent
Level of calligraphy fair
Text
Types of script cursive (German)
Level of calligraphy fair
Colour(s) of text brown
Multiple texts no
Text repetitions many
Abbreviations few
Non underlaid vocal text none