Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS II.I.232 (olim Magliabechi XIX.58), All folios

Physical description

Material: paper

Number of leaves: iv + III + 200 + iv

Format: upright

Page dimensions: 420 x 290

Quire structure: Text version

Index / Table of Contents: Original alphabetical index (possibly by the main text scribe), f. IIIv:
Angeli archangeli a 6 Yzach C 14
Alma redemptoris mater a 4 Josqn. C 78
Anima mea liquefacta e[st] a 4 Yzach C 90
Alma redemptoris m[ate]r a 4 Iosqn. C 110
Ave maria gratia plena a 4 Iosqn. C 112
Alma redemptoris m[ate]r a 4 Yzach C 114
Ave ancilla trinitatis a 4 Yzach C 151
Ave regina coeli a 4 Erasmus C 191

Bona vita bonarefectio a 4 Jo: Mouto[n] C 44
Bonitatem fecisti a 4 Carpentras C 181
Considera israel a 4 Petrus d[e] la Rue C 104
Crux triumphans a 4 Luiset C 119
Christum regem regu[m] a 4 Io Mouto[n] C 156
Credido p[ro]p[e] q[uod] locutus su[m] a 4 Eustachius C 174
Ergo sancti martyres a 4 Agricola C 85
Et in terra pax hominib[us] a 4 Iosqn. C 125
Ecce maria genuit nob[is] falva[to]re[m] a 4 Io: M[out]on C 155
Factor orbis a 5 Obrech C 18
Foelix naque est sacra virgo ma. a 4 Io. M[out]on C 41
Factum e[st] silentiu[m] a 4 Io: Mouton C 49
Gaude Barbara beata a 4 Io: Mouto[n] C 164
Huc me sydereo a 6 Iosquin C 9
Homo quidam a 4 Obrech C 121
In illo temp[or]e assumpsite ih[esu]s a 4 Ninot C 68
Iubilate deo omnis terra a 4 Carpentras C 99
In no[m]i[n]e ih[es]u omne genu flectat[ur] a 4 Luiset C 138
In illo tempore extollens vocem a 4 C 153
In convertendo d[omi]n[u]s a 4 Eustachi[us] C 171
Liber generationis a 4 Iosquin C 52
Laudate d[om]ini de coelis a 4 Brumel C 63
Missus est gabriel a 4 Iosquin C94
Miserere mei deus a 4 Carpentras C 158
Misericordias d[omi]ni a 4 Iosquin C 167
Memor esto a 4 Iosquin C 177
O admirabile co[m]menui a 4 Iosquin C 36
O bone et dulcis domine a 4 Iosquin C 118
Obite basili confesoris a 4 Obrech C 147
O crux ave spes unica a 4 Agric[ol]a C 198
Patrem omnipotente a 6 Ysach C 2
Per lignum salvi f[a]cti sumus a 5 Io m[out]on? C 31
Propheturum maxime a 4 Yzach C 32
Planxit aut. dd ? a 4 Ninot C 58
Psallite noe a 4 Ninot C 75
Passio d[omi]ni n[ost]ri y[hesu] x[rist]i a 4 Longual C 131
Puer nat[us] est nobis a 4 Io: M[out]on C 188
Quis dabit capiti meo aqua[m] a 4 Yzach C 80
Que e[st] ista que ascendit a 4 Yzach C 82
Que e[st] ista que processe a 4 Brumel C 87
Quis dabit pacem a 4 Yzach C 129
Quis dabit occulis n[ost]ris a 4 Io: m[out]on C186
Regem confessorum d[o]m[i]ni a 4 Io: Mouto[n] C 193
Stabat mater dolorosa a 5 Iosqn. C 23
Sufficiebat nob[is] a 4 Richafort C 48
Si oblitus fuero a 4 Ninot C 71
Sub tuu[m] presidiu[m] a 4 Brumel C 89
Sustinuimus pacem a 4 Yzach C 96
Si bona suscepim[us] a 4 [name erased] C 102
Spem in alium a 4 [name erased] C 109
Salve mr. salvatoris a 4 Io: m[out]on C 154
Tota pulchra es amica mea a 4 Yzach C 93
Virginum egregia a 5 Luiset Comp[ere] C 27
FINIS

Other devices: 1. Original ink foliation, recto top right, partly trimmed off, 1-200.
2. Modern pencil foliation, recto top right, 1-200 (only those pages where the original foliation has become illegible through trimming, but including the erroneous rebinding of ff. 180 and 186)
3. Modern pencil foliation, verso bottom right, 1-13 (including original flyleaves).
Four watermarks: 1. similar to Briquet no. 492; 2. similar to Briquet nos. 204-205; 3) similar to Briquet no. 4835 (first original flyleaf only); 4. fleur-de-lis (second original flyleaf only).

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Disposition of Voice Parts Key

Voice Parts Key

• Discantus
• Altus
• Tenor
• Bassus
• Contratenor
• Sextus
• Quintus
• Vagants
• Textus
• Triplex
• Medius / Meane
• Quatriplex

• Signe de renvoi

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Pricking	none visible
Ruled grid	always
Ruling pattern	highly regular
Staves omitted from grid	never
Incomplete staves	never

Medium and colour of grid	Frequency	Folios	Note
brown ink	always		Justification lines only; no text lines.
Colour of staves	Frequency	Folios	Note
brown	always
Ruling medium	Frequency	Folios	Note
single rastrum	always
Indentation for initials	Frequency	Folios	Note
none	always		Indentation of music and text over ruled staves.
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	normally
Adhoc adaptation	Frequency	Folios	Note
partial additional staves	rarely	69r
notation and staves extended into margin	rarely
notation extended into margin	occasionally

Copying of text and music

Language(s)	French, Latin
Order of Copying	music first always

Presence/absence of text	Voice part	Frequency	Folios	Note
fully texted with one text	all except altus	rarely	1v-3r
partially texted with one text	altus	rarely	1v-3r
fully texted with one text	all voice parts	normally	3v-13r, 17v-22r, 26v-47r, 48v-95r, 98v-123r, 192v-200r
fully texted with one text	all except bassus	rarely	13v-15r
untexted	bassus	rarely	13v-15r
fully texted with one text	all except tenor	rarely	15v-17r, 22v-26r, 47v-48r
untexted	tenor primus	rarely	15v-17r
provided with single incipit	tenor primus	rarely	22v-26r, 47v-48r
untexted	all voice parts	rarely	96v-98r, 123v-124r
fully texted and provided with incipit	discantus	rarely	95v-96r
fully texted with one text	all except discantus	rarely	95v-96r
fully texted with one text	discantus and tenor	rarely	146v-148r
provided with one or two incipits	all except discantus and tenor	rarely	95v-96r
provided with single incipit	all except discantus	rarely	148v-150r, 152v-153r
fully texted with one text	discantus	rarely	148v-150r
partially texted with one text	discantus	rarely	152v-153r

Music

Colour(s) of notation	brown
Type(s) of notation	void mensural
Type of notation note	Rhomboid-shaped noteheads.
Monophonic notation	absent
Level of calligraphy	high

Non verbal performance instructions	Folios	Note
signes-de-renvoi	39v-40r, 47v-48r, 67v-68r, 76v-77r, 92v-93r, 120v-121r, 130v-131r	Symbols take form of birds on ff. 67v-68r, and as head with bird-like hat on ff. 92v-93r.
coronae		frequent
signa congruentiae	17v-18r, 31r, 78r, 79r
repeat signs	81r
Line fillers	Folios	Note
none
Later changes	Folios
Corrected music added on staves, on slips of paper pasted over the original music; each slip removed after conservation and attached on Japanese paper at one side only in order to make the original music visible.	26r, 54v, 188v, 198r

Text 1

Types of script	roman
Types of script size position	Names of composers in the upper margins
Level of calligraphy	high
Colour(s) of text	brown
Multiple texts	no
Text repetitions	none
Abbreviations	few

Text 2

Types of script	cursive (italic)
Types of script size position	Underlaid text
Level of calligraphy	high
Colour(s) of text	brown
Multiple texts	no
Text repetitions	few
Abbreviations	very few
Non underlaid vocal text	none
Liminary text	'Verte', occasionally. 'Canon in subdiathessaron' f. 31r Tacet instruction, f. 53v, 80v, 105v, 106v, 147v

Decoration

Level of Decoration

fair

Decoration initial type	Frequency	Folios	Initial type(s)	Size position	Description	Discrepancies
penned initials	rarely	f. 51v	historiated	Discantus (Liber generationis)	Calligraphic initial 'L'(iber) including a depiction of Jesse with a branch growing from his head and two heads of representatives of later generation of Israel at his sides.
penned initials	normally		calligraphic with decoration	Beginning of voice parts; sometimes omitted at the beginning of discantus. Partly in indentation over ruled staves, but largely in the left margin.	Calligraphic initials with penwork decoration, often including floral motives, sometimes highlighted in brownish yellow or (ff. 81v-82r only) green.	Initials in the form of a tree branch (ff. 138r, 143r)
penned initials	sometimes	ff. 12v, 23r-23v, 31v, 33v, 50r, 58v, 62v, 65v-67r, 69v, 72v-73r, 74v, 76v, 79v, 80v-82v, 92r, 93v, 96v, 102v, 104r-104v, 107v, 110v-111v, 113r, 121v, 122v, 123v-124v, 125v-128v, 130r, 142v, 146v, 150r, 151v, 153v, 154v, 156v-157v, 158v, 164v, 171r169v,	calligraphic with grotesque heads	171v, 172v, 173r, 176v, 180v, 183v, 191v, 192v Beginning of some voice parts. Partly in indentation over ruled staves, but largely in the left margin.	Calligraphic initials with penwork decoration including profile heads or floral masks of human faces, and occasionally dragons	Initials decorated with a bust of a winged putto (f. 78v) and a crowned man emerging from a shell (f. 142v); initial including an animal mask (f. 81v) and dragons (ff. 62v, 65v, 102v, 123v, 125v, 127v, 150r, 164v, 171r, 173r)