PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

Mise-en-page in manuscripts and printed books containing polyphonic music, 1480—1530

Manuscript: Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 510 (= MaiM 4)

Manuscript type: choirbook

RISM siglum: D-Mbs 510

DIAMM Source Key: 2212

Image repositories: Digitale Bibliothek (BSB Munich)

Basis for description: high-quality image

Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 510 (= MaiM 4)

Provenance:

Possibly copied in Augsburg (Bente 1968); copied in Munich (Rifkin 1976b). Apparently intended for Cardinal Matthaeus Lang (Archbishop of Salzburg 1519-40), but probably never presented. In Schatzkammer of ducal court library in Munich by 16th century; holdings of ducal library formed foundation of present Bayerische Staatsbibliothek.

Bindings:

mid-18th century, Munich, Germany
dark brown leather over wood
Decoration: gold tooling and stamping
Endpapers: front and back: 2 endpapers with pastedowns

Parts