Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Palatino 472, All folios
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: i + 26 + i
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 310 x 209
Quire structure: Text version
Non-musical texts: Theoretical treatises by John Hothby, maestro di capella of the cathedral of Lucca, including: La Calliopea legale (ff. 1r-8v) and Tractatus quarundam regularum artis musice (ff. 9r-14r), as well as arguments by John Hothby against Bartolomé Ramos de Pareja (ff. 16r-21r); theoretical notes on music (ff. 21r-22r); grammatical notes and diagrams in Latin (ff. 24r-26r) and medical recipes in Italian (f. 26v).
Other devices: Modern pencil foliation, verso top right, 1-26
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
ff. 15r-15v, 22r-23vPreparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Signe de renvoi
| Pricking | never |
| Ruled grid |
always,
Ruled in two columns with interspace of c. 10 mm |
| Ruling pattern |
fairly regular
Ruling for both staves and text lines is continuous with average intervals between the lines of 4-5 mm; lines designed as staves are usually retraced in darker brown ink over lighter brown ink of the grid. Staves may take up four to six grid lines according to requirements, resulting in staves of strongly differing heights. |
| Staves omitted from grid | never |
| Incomplete staves | never |
| Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| light brown ink | always | ||
| Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| dark brown | normally | ||
| brown | sometimes | 15r-15v | |
| Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| straightedge | always | ||
| Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| none | always | ||
| Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| none | always | ||
| Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| no separate text | always |
Copying of text and music
| Language(s) | Italian, Latin |
|---|---|
| Order of Copying |
music first
always |
| Presence/absence of text | Voice part | Frequency | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fully texted with one text | all voice parts | sometimes | 15r-15v, 22r-23r | |
| provided with single incipit | discantus | rarely | 15v | |
| fully texted with one or two texts | all voice parts | sometimes | 23r-23v | |
| provided with single incipit | all voice parts | rarely | 23v |
Music
| Colour(s) of notation | light brown dark brown |
| Colour of notation note | light brown (ff. 15r-15v); dark brown (ff. 15v, 22r-23v) |
| Type(s) of notation | full mensural, void mensural |
| Type of notation note | full mensural (f. 15v) |
| Monophonic notation | absent |
| Level of calligraphy | fair |
Text
| Types of script | cursive |
| Types of script note | occasional traces of textura |
| Level of calligraphy | fair |
| Colour(s) of text | brown Light brown (15r-15v); dark brown (ff. 15v, 22r-23v); light reddish brown (f. 23v). |
| Multiple texts |
yes
23r |
| Text repetitions | none |
| Abbreviations | very few |
| Non underlaid vocal text | none |
| Liminary text |
rubric: 'In festis maioribus' (f. 15v),
15v |
Decoration
| Level of Decoration | very poor |
| Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| penned initials | normally | plain initials | No indentation, placed slightly before stave, slightly larger than underlaid script. |