vdm16 
Musica.

Cologne: Heinrich von Neuß, 1515, vdm: 542

BASICS
Title page:

Musica || Decastichon.M. Jo.wendelstein || in musicam exhortatorium.|| Quos dolor & luctus mentis mala gaudia tangunt || Huchuc assitis.Orphea consulite || Musica duersis [sic] effingit vocibus vnum || Concors nempe melos:delicias animi.|| Hic non illecebris locus est non carmina spurca || Pangimus: ingrate nou [sic] canimus domine || Nos celestis amor moueat:blando resonare || Concentu: & suaui voce replere chorum || Quare agite O iuuenes.per parua hunc mole libellum || Sumite mente pia: quem pius edit amor.|| Remacli florenatis Hexastichon || Si tibi threijcum vis conciliare leporem || Et testudinee plectra canora lyre || Suscipe dyrceos helyconis gurgite fontes || Artificis referes munera grata chelis || Addidit ad musas coclei cura Johannis || Que non liuor edax rumpere dente queat.|| Matthie aquensis octostichon.|| Quos pia suauisoni placant modulamina cantus || Huc afferte pedem: Musica concipite.|| Perlegite e docto coclci [sic] pectore promptam || Musam: que varios perdocet vna modos || Hec (q̃𝔷q̃𝔷 modicis)omnem dabit arte canori || Carminis harmouiā [sic] multisonum q𝔷 melos.|| Quid tonus.ac vocū que mese.quid diapente.|| Dulcor quisve siet vocibus appositis.||

Colophon:

¶ Finis Musice mensuralis scđe quidem partis || huius negocij. Impressum Colonie per me hone||stum Ciuem Hēricum de Nussia.Anno dñi Mil||lesimo Quingentesimo decimoquinto.Altera die || Adriani.||

Author:
Johannes Cochlaeus
Printer:
Heinrich von Neuß
Place of printing:

Cologne

Year:
1515
Further information on dating: Taken from colophon.
Type of source:

Theory book

Catalogue references:
RISM B/6 -
USTC 676515
VD16 ZV 3723
vdm
542
Further contributors: Remaclus Florenas; Mathias Cremerius Peltzer
Paratexts:

A1r: poems by Cochlaeus, Remaclus Florenas and Mathias Cremerius Peltzer.
A1v-A2r: In musicā ṕfaciūcula eiusdē.M.Jo.wendelstein (preface by Cochlaeus)

Illustrations:

B6v: Imperial coat of arms (double headed eagle with imperial crown and crucifix) in a rectangle frame (90.5 x 136 mm). Woodcut table explaining the hexachord system is given on A2v.

Language:

Latin

Format:
4º
Printed area: 109.5 x 165 mm (A4r)
Number of leaves:
20
Collation: A-B6, C-D4
Original foliation:

None

Autopsy copy:

D-KNu AD+BL149

DETAILS
Technique for printing music:

woodcut

Text font:

Rotunda, Uncial

Remarks on printing:

Uncials often used as capitals to introduce sections. The text is set in Rotunda.

Notation:

Hufnagel notation; Mensural notation

Number of staff lines:
2, 3, 4, 5
Number of voices:
1, 2, 3
Measurements:

full-length staff (A3v): 105.5 x 10 mm

Comments on notation:

Hufnagel notation is printed on two to five lines. The mensural notation is printed on four and five lines. The quality of the musical examples is quite low. Unlike the 1507 Cologne edition printed by Landen (vdm 540), this edition does not give any scalae compositoriae. Short musical examples in the margins (mostly printed with three lines) can be found throughout the whole print.

Genre:

example in theory book

Repertoire:

Two-part music theory book (Musica plana and musica mensurabilis).

Copies:

*D-KNu

Related editions:

Musica.

[Nuremberg]: [Anonymous], [1499–1504 c.], vdm: 543


Musica.

Cologne: Johann Landen, 1507, vdm: 540


Musica.

[Cologne]: [Johann Landen], [1507 or before], vdm: 541

COPIES
D-KNu (Köln, Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek)
Shelfmark: AD+BL149
Condition:

Good.

Classification of binding:
later / modern binding
Description of binding: Brown card binding.
Manuscript additions or corrections:

Extensive annotations by a 16th century hand on the first three leaves. Page numbering and minor annotations by a modern hand.

Provenance:

What might be an owner's mark in the top right corner of the title page has been crossed out.