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 65 (olim H.C. 48; = MaiM 5)

Manuscript type: choirbook

RISM siglum: D-Mbs 65

DIAMM Source Key: 2207

Image repositories: Digitale Bibliothek (BSB Munich)

Basis for description: original

Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 65 (olim H.C. 48; = MaiM 5)

Provenance:

Possibly copied in Augsburg by Ludwig Senfl (Bente 1968); copied in Munich (Rifkin 1976b). Kept in Munich Hofkapelle library until end of 18th century, then transferred to ducal court library, whose holdings formed foundation of present Bayerische Staatsbibliothek.

Bindings:

c. 1520, Munich, Germany
dark brown leather over wood , with clasps
Decoration: stamped with ornamental designs
none edges
Endpapers: front and back: 2 endpapers with pastedowns
corner pieces on front and back cover. Bavarian coat of arms painted on front cover.

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