PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

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

Manuscript: Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS Q 21

Manuscript type: partbooks (complete set)

RISM siglum: I-Bc 21

DIAMM Source Key: 1392

Image repositories: Gaspari Online

Basis for description: original

Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS Q 21

Provenance:

In the 17th century in the possession of Giuseppe Rasimus (Rasino) in Ravenna and/or Monte Cassino (inscription on f. 1v of discantus: 'Est S. Vitalis de Rav.[enn]a ad usum Rev. mi P.[atris] D. Josephi de Rav.[enn]a / Abbatis Cassin.[ensis] 2741'). Subsequently acquired by Padre Martini.

Bindings:

c. 1525, Florence, Italy
dark brown leather over pasteboard
Decoration: tooling and floral stamps with gold, with stamp of voice part ('C C', 'A A', 'T T', 'B B')
golden brown edges
Endpapers: front and back: 1 endpaper with pastedown
Modern binding using original covers. Restoration by 'Restauro del Libro Santa Maria del Monte Cesena'

Parts