Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Banco Rari 230 (olim Magliabechi XIX.141), All folios
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: ii + 151 + ii
Format: bound upright but prepared oblong
Page dimensions: 159 x 218
Quire structure: Text version
Title page / Frontispiece: 'Libro di Canzonette in Musica' inscribed probably by the main scribe of the manuscript (f. 1r).
Other devices: 1. Traces of old, possibly original foliation in ink in the bottom left-hand corner of the verso of several folios, up to f. 199; the following folios are missing according to the old foliation: 55-76, 78, 86-94, 97-100, 107, 112, 119, 132, 139-141, 170, 181, 182, 185, 189, 194, 197, 198. Two sets of modern foliation in pencil.
2. Two modern foliations in pencil, bottom recto.
3. Watermarks: 1. ladder in a circle surmounted by a six-pointed star similar to Zonghi no. 1550 (Fabriano 1497); 2. anchor in a circle surmounted by a star, similar to Zonghi nos. 1584 and 1588 (Fabriano 1456 and 1511); 3. crowned eagle in a circle, similar variants in Briquet nos. 203 and 204 (Lucca 1504).
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
Preparation 1: ff. 1-119, 121-140; Preparation 2: ff. 120, 141-151Preparation 1
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Signe de renvoi
| Pricking | none visible |
| Ruled grid | always |
| Ruling pattern |
highly regular
Staves ruled vertically on each page. The disposition is that of a true tablebook, with both sides of the opening to be read facing outwards. |
| Staves omitted from grid | sometimes |
| Incomplete staves | never |
| Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| light brown ink | always | ||
| Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| brown | always | ||
| Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| triple rastrum | always | ||
| Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| single | always | Notation indented on staves at the beginning of each voice part, with guide letter. | |
| Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| empty ruled staves on grid | sometimes | 142r, 144r, 145r, 146r, 147r, 148r, 149r | |
| Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| provided, in dedicated space | always | Below discantus on verso pages | |
| Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| notation and staves extended into margin | occasionally | 143v, 145r, 146v, 147v, 148v |
Preparation 2
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
| Pricking | none visible |
| Ruled grid | always |
| Ruling pattern |
highly regular
Two pairs of staves ruled vertically on each page. Extra (complete or incomplete) staves ruled when necessary in the space between the two pairs. On ff. 1-59, the book has to be turned sideways and read from top to bottom, with D and T at the top and C and B at the bottom. From f. 60 onwards, the disposition is that of a true tablebook, with both sides of the opening to be read facing outwards. |
| Staves omitted from grid | normally |
| Incomplete staves | never |
| Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| light brown ink | always | ||
| Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| brown | always | ||
| Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| double rastrum | normally | ||
| single rastrum | occasionally | 60r-61r, 62r-62v, 63v-66r, 86r | for staves added to normal grid |
| Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| single | normally | Notation indented on staves at the beginning of each voice part, with guide letter. | |
| Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| left between voice parts as part of grid | normally | 1r-119v, 122r-140r | |
| Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| provided, in dedicated space | normally | space for separate text is provided between staves 1-2 and 3-4. | |
| Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| notation extended into margin | occasionally | 19v, 29r, 30r, 41r, 56v, 63r, 64r, 90v, 98v, 108v, 118v, 125v, 134r, 138r | |
| partial additional staves | occasionally | 2v, 19v, 41v, 43v, 45v, 48v, 50v, 56v, 61v, 63r, 74r, 80r, 106v, 107v, 109v, 118v, 109v, 121v, 123v, 128v | |
| notation and staves extended into margin | often | 1v, 2v, 3v, 6v, 8v, 9v, 12v-13r, 14v, 24v, 26v, 27v, 28v, 29v, 30v, 31v, 32v-34r, 40r, 41v-43v, 44v, 48v-49v, 50v-51r, 52r-52v, 53v-54r, 55v, 60v-62r, 73r, 74r, 87v, 88v, 92v-93r, 95v, 96v-97v, 99v, 103v-104v, 114v, 115v, 117v-118r, 119r-120r, 122v, 124r, 127v, 129v, 130v, 131v |
Copying of text and music
| Language(s) | Italian |
|---|---|
| Order of Copying |
music first
always |
| Presence/absence of text | Voice part | Frequency | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fully texted with one or two texts | discantus | normally | 1r, 1v, 2v, 3v, 4v, 5v, 6v, 7v, 8v, 9v, 10v, 11v, 12v, 13v, 14v, 15v, 16v, 17v, 18v, 19v, 20v, 21v, 22v, 23v, 24v, 25v, 26v, 27v, 28v, 29v, 30v, 31v | discantus missing before ff. 7r, 58r, 64r, 65r, 70r, 71r, 76r, 77r, 87r |
| untexted | contratenor | sometimes | 39r, 64v, 88r, 89v, 90r, 93r, 99r, 103r, 105r, 106v, 110r, 112r, 122r, 124r, 126r, 128r, 132r, 137r | |
| untexted | bassus | sometimes | 105r, 110r, 141r, 142r, 143r, 145r, 149r, 150r, 151r | |
| untexted | all except discantus | often | 1r-29r, 30v-31r, 32v-38r, 43v-59r, 63v-64v, 69v-81r, 82v-83r, 84v-85r, 95v-98r, 99v-100r, 106v-109r, 112v-113r, 118v-119r, 126v-127r; 128v-129r, 130v-131r, 132v-133r, 134v-136r, 138v-139r, 143v-144r, 145v-148r | contratenor and bassus missing after f. 6r, before 70r, 71r, 76r, 77r; tenor missing before ff. 7r, 58r, 65r, 70r, 71r, after 75v, 76v; bassus missing after f. 57v, |
| provided with single incipit | all except discantus | sometimes | 29v-30r, 114v-115r, 116v-118r, 119v-121r | incipits are provided only for the second part of the song; ff. 119v-121r is a single, but displaced opening |
| partially texted with one or two texts | all except discantus | occasionally | 31v-32r, 39v-43r, 83v-84r, 85v-86r, 90v-92r, 101v-102r, 103v-104r, 113v-114r, 124v-125r | partial texts provided for the second part of the song. |
| partially texted with one text | tenor | occasionally | 38v, 87v, 111v, 115v, 122v, 125v | |
| partially texted with one or two texts | bassus | occasionally | 39r, 40r, 87r, 88r, 101r, 111r, 112r, 123r, 130r, 134r, 137r | |
| untexted | tenor | occasionally | 39v, 59v, 60v, 86v, 92v, 93v, 94v, 98v, 100v, 102v, 104v, 110v, 129v, 133v, 136v, 137v, 141r, 142r, 143r, 145r, 149r, 150r, 151r | |
| partially texted with one text | contratenor | occasionally | 40r, 87r, 101r, 116r, 130r, 134r, 137r | Partial text provided in the second part of the song |
| untexted | discantus | rarely | 59v | |
| fully texted with one or two texts | all voice parts | sometimes | 61r-63r, 65r-65v | Discantus and tenor missing before ff. 61r, 65r, bassus and contratenor missing after f. 65v |
| provided with one or two incipits | bassus | occasionally | 89r, 90r, 93r, 94r, 95r, 99r, 103v, 105v, 116r, 122r, 124r, 126r, 128r, 132r, 138r | Incipits provided for the second part of the song. |
| provided with single incipit | tenor | occasionally | 88v, 89v, 105v, 109v, 121v, 123v, 127v, 131v | |
| provided with one or two incipits | contratenor | rarely | 94r, 111r, 123r, 138r |
Music
| Colour(s) of notation | brown |
| Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
| Monophonic notation | absent |
| Level of calligraphy | fair |
| Non verbal performance instructions | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|
| repeat signs | 2v-4r, 5v-6v, 7v-12r, 13v-15r, 19v-20r, 21v-26r, 27v-30r, 31v-32r, 42v-43r, 48v-50r, 51v-54r, 55v-57v, 70r, 72v-73r, 74v-75r, 76v-81r, 83v-84r, 85v-86r, 87v-88r, 92v-94r, 96v-97r, 98v-99r, 103v-110r, 111r, 113v-114r, 115v-116r, 118v-1149v, 121r-125r, 126v-129r, 131v, 132v-134r, 135r, 136v-137r, 138v-139r, 140v-141r, 143v-144v, 145v-146r, 148r, 151r | |
| signa congruentiae | 1v-4r, 6v-7r, 9v-10r, 19v-20r, 31v-32r, 41v-42r, 71r, 72v-73r |
Text
| Types of script | cursive (italic) |
| Types of script size position | Underlay and additional text: italic; voice names: larger script emulating batarde. |
| Level of calligraphy | poor |
| Colour(s) of text | brown |
| Multiple texts | no |
| Text repetitions |
very few
check |
| Abbreviations | fairly few |
| Non underlaid vocal text | additional |
| Liminary text |
Title: 'Libro di canzonette in Musica' (f. 1r).
Names of composers: 'Jacobus Foglianus' (ff. 1v, 2v, 9v, 13v, 15v, 16v, 18v); 'Tromboncino' (ff. 4v, 22v); 'Bartholomeus Florentinus' (ff. 12v, 49v, 53v 54v); 'Philipus de Lurano' (ff. 21v, 23v, 24v, 25v); 'Mo Alexander Coppinus', 'Alexander', or 'Mo Alexander' (ff. 28v, 29v, 37v, 39v, 40v, 41v, 42v, 47v, 55v, 56v, 100v, 111v, 112v); 'Pre' michele' (f. 30v); 'Johannes S.' (f. 31v); 'Alexander Agricola' (ff. 43v, 142v); 'Isac' (ff. 44v, 45v, 48v, 51v, 52v, 57v, 116v); 'Pintello' (f. 50v).
Performance instructions: 'verte' (ff. 59v, 72r, 76r, 84v, 86v, 97v).,
1r, 1v, 2v, 4v, 9v, 12v, 13v, 15v, 16v, 18v, 21v, 22v, 23v, 24v, 25v, 28v, 29v, 30v, 31v, 37v, 39v, 40v, 41v, 42v, 43v, 44v, 45v, 47v, 48v, 49v, 50v, 51v, 52v, 53v, 54v, 55v, 56v, 57v, 59v, 72r, 76r, 84v, 86v, 97v, 100v, 111v, 112v, 116v, 142v |
Decoration
| Level of Decoration | poor |
| Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| penned initials | normally | calligraphic | Beginning of tenor, contratenor and bassus. | Simple calligraphic initials: first letters of voice names, written in larger script emulating batarde. | ||
| initials planned | normally | Guide letters only | Beginning of discantus parts. |