Florence, Italy, Conservatorio di Musica Luigi Cherubini, MS Basevi 2440, All folios
Physical description
Material: parchment
Number of leaves: iv + 100 + ii
Format: oblong
Page dimensions: 120 x 170
Quire structure: Text version
Title page / Frontispiece: f. IVv: red frame with ornaments and shield in the centre, but not filled with the heraldic device obviously intended to go there
Index / Table of Contents: Modern list of composers in alphabetical order and a note regarding concordances (both in Italian) on added paper leaves at the beginning of the volume.
Other devices: 1. older but not original ink pagination, recto and verso bottom outside
2. modern pencil foliation, recto bottom left.
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
Preparation 1: ff. 1-60; preparation 2: ff. 61-100Preparation 1
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | none visible |
Ruled grid |
always,
single vertical bounding lines; no text lines |
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 | |
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
brown | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
triple rastrum | always | Triple rastrum, with staves of 9.5 mm and interspaces of 6 and 7 mm | |
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
none | always | ||
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
empty ruled staves on grid | sometimes | 63v-64r, 62v, 69v, 70v, 71v-72r, 74v, 98v-100r | |
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
no separate text | always | ||
Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
staveline added | occasionally | 64v, 77r, 90v, 91r, 98v | |
notation and staves extended into margin | sometimes | 68v-69r, 70v, 73v-74r, 75r, 83r, 88v-89r, 89v, 97v |
Preparation 2
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | none visible |
Ruled grid |
always,
single vertical bounding lines; no text lines |
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 | |
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
brown | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
double rastrum | always | double rastrum of 9.25 and 9.5 with interspace of 7.5 mm | |
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
none | always | Initials inserted in the margin and partially over the staves. | |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
left between voice parts as part of grid | always | ||
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
provided, in dedicated space | often | 1r-3r, 4v-6r, 7v-8r, 9v-11r, 12v-13r, 14v-15r, 19v-20r, 21v-22r, 23v-24r, 25v-27v, 29r, 30v-31r, 32v, 33r, 34v-35r, 36v-37r, 38v-39r, 42v-43r, 44v-45r, 47v-48r, 49v-50r, 51v-52r | Additional texts copied in the space left between the voice parts. |
not in dedicated space | sometimes | 26v, 35r, 45r | remainder of the additional text written over empty staves and (f. 45r) in the lower margin. |
Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
partial additional staves | rarely | 43r | |
staveline added | often | 2v-3r, 5r, 13r, 13v, 14r, 23v, 24v, 26v, 28v, 30v, 33r, 35v, 43r, 45r, 49r, 50v, 51v, 64v | |
notation and staves extended into margin | occasionally | 15v, 19v, 53v-54r, 54v, 55v |
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 | all voice parts | often | ||
untexted | all voice parts | rarely | 15v-16r, 39v-41r, 78v-79r, 80v-81r, 97v-98r | |
fully texted with one or two texts | discantus | often | Often the discantus is fully texted and the other voices provided with incipits for the second opening ('residuum') of a song, when then first opening has all voices fully texted. | |
partially texted with one text | tenor | rarely | 5v-6r, 32v-33r, 34v-35r, 42v-43r | |
provided with single incipit | all except discantus and tenor | rarely | 5v-6r, 32v-33r, 34v-35r, 42v-43r | |
provided with single incipit | all except discantus | often | Often the discantus is fully texted and the other voices provided with incipits for the second opening ('residuum') of a song, when then first opening has all voices fully texted. | |
untexted | altus | rarely | 73v-74r | |
untexted | tenor | rarely | 73v-74r | |
provided with single incipit | all except discantus and tenor | rarely | 36v-37r | |
fully texted with one or two texts | tenor | rarely | 36v-37r | |
untexted | all except discantus | rarely | 45v-46r, 71v-73r, 96v-97r | |
partially texted with one text | discantus | rarely | 72v-73r, 96v-97r | |
partially texted with one text | bassus | rarely | 27v-28r, 53v-54r, 73v-74r | |
fully texted with one or two texts | all except bassus | rarely | 53v-54r | |
fully texted with one or two texts | all except altus | rarely | 54v-55r | |
untexted | altus | rarely | 54v-55r | |
provided with single incipit | tenor | rarely | 27v-28r, 79v-80r | |
untexted | all except tenor | rarely | 79v-80r | |
untexted | discantus | rarely | 99r-100v | |
fully texted with one or two texts | all except discantus | rarely | 99r-100v |
Music
Colour(s) of notation | light brown dark brown |
Colour of notation note | <p>light brown: ff. 1r-65r, 91r-92r, 94v-98r, 100v; dark brown: ff. 65v-90v, 92v-94r, 98v-100r</p> |
Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
Type of notation note | teardrop shape, slightly angular |
Monophonic notation | absent |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Non verbal performance instructions | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|
pointers | 19v-20r | |
repeat signs | 4v, 5r, 7v, 8r, 9v, 14v, 15r, 15v, 17v, 21v, 22r, 23v, 25v, 26r, 30v, 31r, 32v, 33r, 34v, 35r, 40v, 47r, 47v, 48r, 49v, 50r, 80v, 81r, 100v | |
Line fillers | Folios | Note |
occasionally | 60v-61r, 84v-85r |
Text
Types of script | cursive (italic) |
Level of calligraphy | poor |
Colour(s) of text | light brown dark brown light brown: ff. 1-65r, 91r-92r, 94v-98r, 100v dark brown: ff. 65v-90v, 92v-94r, 98v-100r |
Multiple texts |
yes
4v, 7v, 9v, 14v, 17v, 21v, 23v, 25v, 28v, 30v, 32v, 34v, 47v, 49v, 51v, 53v, 54r |
Abbreviations | few |
Non underlaid vocal text |
additional
1r-3r, 4v-6r, 7v-8r, 9v-11r, 12v-13r, 14v-15r, 19v-20r, 21v-22r, 23v-24r, 25v-27v, 29r, 30v-31r, 32v, 33r, 34v-35r, 36v-37r, 38v-39r, 42v-43r, 44v-45r, 47v-48r, 49v-50r, 51v-52r |
Liminary text |
Names of composers: 'Barth Organista', 'Barth Organ.', 'Barth. Florentinus Organista', or 'Barth. Or.' (ff. 1v, 3v, 11v, 13v, 31v, 33v, 48v); 'Ber. Pisan' or 'B. Pisan' (ff. 6v, 8v, 20v, 24v, 50v); 'h. ysaic' (f. 35v); 'Alex. Agricola' (f. 37v); 'Alex. floren.' (f. 46v); 'P. Michael.' or 'Pr. Michael.' (ff. 62v, 64v)
'CF. mollis' ? (f. 16v)
Performance instructions: 'verte' (f. 8v, 52v, 93r); 'Residuum' (f. 51r)
Voice names: 'Tenor', 'Contra', 'Bassus' (ff. 52v-56r; 84v-90r) and 'Tenor', 'Atlus', 'Bassus' (ff. 92v-94r) ,
1v, 3v, 6v, 8v, 11v, 13v, 16v, 20v, 24v, 31v, 33v, 35v, 37v, 46v, 48v, 50v, 52v, 62v, 64v, 93r |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | fair |
Decoration border frequency | Border type | Folios | Size | Position | Description | Discrepancies |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
rarely | decorated | 1r | partial borders: one-sided | inner margin | Border in gold decorated with flowers and leaves in colours, at the beginning of the first song. | |
Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
painted initials | often | 1r-62v | decorated | Beginning of discantus | Initials in colours on contrasting grounds often decorated with floral ornament en camaieu d'or, heavily damaged by fire and water. |