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Musica.

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

BASICS
Title page:

Musica.||

Author:
Johannes Cochlaeus
Printer:
[Anonymous]
Place of printing:

[Nuremberg]

Year:
[1499–1504 c.]
Type of source:

Theory book

Catalogue references:
RISM B/6 p. 227
vdm
543
Further details:

Place of publication attributed by RISM VI.

Illustrations:

Title page: Guidonian hand; woodcut diagram of the greater perfect system on fol. C4v (last page).

Language:

Latin

Format:
4º
Printed area: 119.5 x 165 mm
Number of leaves:
14
Collation: A6, B4 [Dij instead of Bij], C4.
Autopsy copy:

A-Wn 395.968-B

Online facsimile:

A-Wn


A-Wn 395.968-B, A1r
DETAILS
Technique for printing music:

empty staff lines; woodcut

Text font:

Textura

Remarks on printing:

Only two examples contain notes (mensural notation). Other examples contain only staff lines. The short staff lines on the margin of the text passages are composed of two parts, while a a few single lines comprise four shorter parts. The overall impression of the printing is quite primitive.

Notation:

Mensural notation

Number of staff lines:
4, 5, 10
Number of voices:
1
Measurements:

staff lines 94.5 x 13.5 (5 lines); short examples at the outer margin: 9.5 + 9.5 (composed)

Comments on notation:

Single notes, ligatures and rests in white notation are given as theoretical illustrations, most examples are printed without notes.

Genre:

example in theory book

Copies:

*A-Wn

Related editions:

Musica.

Cologne: Johann Landen, 1507, vdm: 540


Musica.

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


Musica.

Cologne: Heinrich von Neuß, 1515, vdm: 542


A-Wn 395.968-B, C3r
COPIES
A-Wn (Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek)
Shelfmark: 395968-B
Classification of binding:
undefined / undefinable
Description of binding: Vellum on cardboard.
Manuscript additions or corrections:

Music has been added to the empty staves by hand, in Hufnagel notation. Notes on the title page have been partially cut on the top (including perhaps the name of a former owner). There are some glosses and additions between the lines in tiny handwriting.

Link to online scan:

A-Wn