Coimbra, Portugal, Biblioteca Geral da Universidade, MS M.12, All folios
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: i + 209 + i
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 523 x 390
Index / Table of Contents: Incomplete original index on front flyleaf.
Other devices: Original foliation, 1-210; f. 36 missing.
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
All foliosPreparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | none visible |
Ruled grid |
always,
single vertical line to the left and right; double text line where text is present. |
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 | ||
red ink | rarely | 198v-200r | |
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
black | always | ||
red | rarely | 198v, 199v | pasteover, for chant |
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | always | two separate rastra, one c. 29 mm, one c. 34 mm | |
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single | normally | staves 1 and 5 (in 8-stave ruling) or 1 and 6 (in 9-stave ruling). Sometimes forgotten for lower voices and initlals over ruled staves with music and text indented. | |
double | occasionally | staves 1-2. On these pages no indentation for lower voices. | |
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 |
made for complete additional staves | rarely | 9v, 36v, 37r | 9v: 11-stave page. Top 4 staves normal ruling for 8-stave preparation; bottom 7 staves added with smaller rastrum (c. 23 mm). 36v: pasteover for D (top 6 staves); 37r: stave pasted on at bottom; 171v: pasteover for tenor (blank); 198v and 199v pasteover for tenor with three staves of chant (c. 44 mm high) |
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 | normally | ||
untexted | all voice parts | rarely |
Music
Colour(s) of notation | brown |
Type(s) of notation | void mensural, chant (Gothic) |
Type of notation note | rhomboid shaped notation, various hands |
Monophonic notation |
present
7v, 71v, 108v, 198v, 199v, 201v, chant tenors |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Non verbal performance instructions | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|
signes-de-renvoi | rarely | |
Line fillers | Folios | Note |
occasionally | extended final longs |
Text 1
Types of script | various |
Types of script note | a number of different scribes with substantially variying styles; mostly textura of different kinds, but also some cursive |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Colour(s) of text | brown |
Multiple texts | no |
Text repetitions | few |
Abbreviations | fairly many |
Non underlaid vocal text |
additional
158v-159r, extra hymn strophes |
Liminary text | Composer ascriptions, some Voice designations, some Rubrics (in red), occasionally Tacet instructions, some Canon instructions, rarely |
Text 2
Types of script | display script |
Types of script size position | for many voice designations, composer ascriptions and rubrics; mostly textura, some Roman capitals. |
Level of calligraphy | high |
Colour(s) of text | black red |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | fair |
Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
painted initials | rarely | 36v-37r | decorated | single-stave | plant shapes on monochrome ground in square frame | |
penned initials | often | calligraphic , calligraphic with decoration, flourished | mostly single-stave, some double-stave | Cadel-type initials of various degrees of elaboration, rarely with modest pen flourishing. Mostly black, some red. | ||
initials planned | often | |||||
Other decoration frequency | Folios | Other decoration type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies | |
sometimes | decorative final long |