PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

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

Manuscript: Basel, Switzerland, Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität, MS F X 5-9

Manuscript type: partbooks (complete set)

RISM siglum: CH-Bu F.X.5-9

DIAMM Source Key: 1551

Basis for description: high-quality image

Basel, Switzerland, Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität, MS F X 5-9

Provenance:

Part 1 given to the 15-year-old Bonifacius Amerbach in 1510, probably written in that year. Later expanded by Christoph Piperinus (and amended by Johannes Wannenmacher) and again given to Amerbach (Kmetz 1988, 254-5).

Bindings:

c. 1510-1547, Basel, Switzerland
light brown parchment over none
no edges
Endpapers: paper, front and back
Original parchment wrappers, taken from 15th-century charters. Back endpaper in B missing.

1982-1985, Basel, Switzerland
beige linen over pasteboard
Endpapers: front and back: 3 endpapers with pastedown
No modern binding for Vagans partbook.

Parts