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-119rPreparation
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |